I absolutely love this post the mans got a valid point we aren't selling an e-book or a chance to win a free cruise to collect e-mails.

You may want to add Old Brooklyn to your list as well - very hot area right now for appreciation & cash flow.

You'll find that you can categorize expenses to match the Schedule E you'll need when you file your taxes so it makes EOY accounting very easy.

remember your first home is not your forever home, it's your first rental so it doesn't need to be everything you want.look for homes where the bones are good, but cosmetically needs love. don't by pre 1960 if you can help it. you'll end up just having to replace all the guts like plumbing and electrical at some point. it's inevitable. look in areas where the path of growth is headed, but might not be currently. think 5 years out. look for resources like your local chamber of commerce to see what businesses are coming in and where. your city planning office should also be on your call list as they can help show where most permits are being pulled for development. follow the money. go to local investing meetups. crowdsource local knowledge and form meaningful relationships. those who've gone before you typically will help out and help you avoid the mistakes they've already made. onward.

*(When viewing gallery in dashboard, the listing will look unchanged, it's not until doing a private search that you'll see the new look of your listing) When that e-mail came Feb. 27th, a VRBO rep told me to keep making complaints from my dashboard using the 'Help-Feedback' links.

Prob. worth getting your brokers license, E & O insurance and general liability insurance.

Hello All,I have been looking into these courses to broaden my horizons (I know residential) and was curious if anyone in the community has insight to the program and willing to share.https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/real-estate/real-e...Thank you!

I understand how important it is to have a team when starting in R/E so that's exactly what I am looking for!

I see Columbus is at #9 on your list. A

Lately I've even gotten convincing fake ID's and fake photos of the deed though and I even had to have my title company do an O&E on one property where I couldn't find the real owner anywhere and the scammer was pretty convincing.