I made it after 6 years!

[Ryan Dao]

This past weekend, I closed on my first ever property! I still remember my first post on BiggerPockets, and wanting to share to everyone my aspirations. It has been a while but I never gave up on my mission to buy a property. So excited to share it with you all!

Just wondering if anyone has advice/guidance for someone who is just starting out as a landlord? 

[Tatum Littleton]

Love to hear it, Ryan! Congratulations and here's to much more success! 

My wife and I have just become owners ourselves for just about a year and any advice I would give is to be picky on tenants. I'm sure you're excited to get going but don't let that get you into a tough situation. Make sure you get good tenants and do your due diligence even for people (it's not just for house searching) and it will be worth it. Our tenants just signed their second lease with us and we are thrilled because of how easy it has been... knock on wood it continues... So, again, be picky. 

Don't be satisfied with what you have, always look at how you can improve your property or where you can expand and maybe try something new sometime down the road. 

Good luck!