But then I hear success stories like yours and that pushes me to pursue this kind of investment all the more...My first thought is, I have a better chance dealing with good quality tenants if I pick the right area verses the lower income neighborhoods.My other thought is, I was thinking I could try wholesaling out for a while before actually taking the plunge to purchase a multi-family home.  

After watching my first BP webinar last month I took the plunge and upgraded to Pro annually (to hold my feet to the fire as @Brandon Turner put it!)

Hi all.  I'm a newbie, been looking for prospective real estate deals for buy-and-hold strategy for about 6 months now in the (far) northern Atlanta area.  Finally found several in one weekend that I thought were pros...

Kind of scary to take the plunge on my own.

You are in a perfect position (aka prior to kids) to take the plunge, but at the same time it turns out my true motivation came when we had my first child!

Greetings everybody,My name is Eric and after reading a few books/articles on REI off and on for 10 years, I think I'm ready to take the plunge. 

After talking about it for years, my wife and I finally took the plunge and got our first rental (3/1 SFR).  

Congratulations for taking the plunge Jim!

You either hire a handyman or become one yourself but maybe you aren't excited about spending your weekends plunging toilets.

I'm looking for suggestions/examples from others on how you structure your maintenance fees, some calls are legit...others, we get called to come out and literally plunge a toilet that was stopped up with disposable wipes.