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Hello from Irving Texas
Hello everyone, I'm a part time investor with 5 rental houses. I've been a landlord for about 13 years now. Put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into these properties fixing them up and renting them out. Recently (last year) I hired a management company to help me out as my day job working in IT has consumed much of my time and I wanted more time to spend with my daughter. My end goal is to supplement and eventually replace the income from my day job. So I have been spending a lot of time structuring the business (creating an LLC, building a team) and maximizing profits (upgrades, higher rents, paying down loans). I started listening to the podcasts and love them so I created an account on the BP website to check out the forums to get advice and give advice where I can to help reach my goals. If you're in the Irving, TX area give me shout, I'd love to hear from fellow investors.