I got a reasonable discount on the purchase price, and it has made me a good amount of money over the years.

I know with a hard money lender, you lost good amount of profit. 

The amount of ideologically inspired nonsense online is mind-boggling. 

They better supply a massive amount of federal bailout funds to landlords after Trump's little act today, which  he used to buy the voting base.

I hired Jenny Yi to design our latest STR in person, she demanded that I pay the full amount of her services upfront, $7,500, which I thought was strange as we are used to paying half upfront and half once it's completed, but proceeded anyway because a couple of people recommended her.

I've done plenty of deals without and agent, off market not even on the MLS but I'm one of those wholesalers that did things properly, had qualified buyers before even reaching out to sellers and strictly stuck with assignments.Biggest problem is so many "wholesalers" barely have the understand of a deed or what title insurance is so there's an immense amount of knowledge they need before hand which can just be provided to them by getting a license!

I was specifically interested in his 2nd plan which was "Building wealth through single-family homes" where he basically says you save enough to buy your first property along with enough for other fees and then you just keep saving the money you make from that property along with some money you save from your job and once you have enough money you buy your next property and then you basically just keep repeating that until you have your desired amount of properties.

Default Rate - Yes, I realize that there will be a certain amount of default.

If they support a rent increase, you could look into raising your rents by that amount to offset the cost.

A landlord who isn't trying to get the top dollar amount for their unit to begin with has competitive advantages when things go awry.