Add on the myriad of shortages to follow when rebuilding starts, carriers refusing to pay the 240% premium on lumber, which they will and have every time it happens. 

My options are very limitted and the situation is very draining even I follow the bigger pocket advises and I unvested a lot of time in learning and also have years of experience with tenant.

As a follow up to this post, we met with the CEO of Southern Impression Homes to discuss our rate hike of$164k.  

We along with our clients use conversational AI for follow up as well as handling leads after hours and on weekends.

.: It sounds like you have a great system down, and I am sure that you can find some handymen that are in the area doing part-time work and then working at a day job that could be pushed into full-time work on your properties.

At lease renewal increase the rent $50 per month and then the same the following years until it is at market rate and more than likely the tenant will leave on their own and you will have still gotten the rent for that entire time until they moved out and built up your reserves for that property.

This was the standard procedure we had been following, and after the inspection there is a net14 payment that is, the payment will drop within two weeks if it passed inspection.

Vetting the tenants and following local laws is extremely important.If you don't own a primary residence, would you consider house hacking (buy a single family and rent out the rooms or a duplex and live in one side/rent the other?

@Tayvion Payton if I were starting out again I would follow the “DDD” rule.Just “Do a Deal Dammit!”

Get knowledge, follow experienced people, and leverage wisely.My Take:If you have two houses, excellent credit, and motivation to build wealth, you can learn to manage your money responsibly.Use HELOC, credit cards, and business credit funding to leverage your cash and buy properties faster.