Soon after, I went to a seminar and instantly fell in love with the idea and have been pursuing it since.

If you are willing to do the work you can get much better rates and terms by finding a property where you have instant equity or can add equity easily.

Your skill set is not going to be the same as everybody else's - if you are up against a seasoned contractor who has an army of discount accounts and instantly available tradesmen and women and a slew of loaded investors or bank accounts behind them then you are going to be in a weaker position but luckily there are lots of deals to be had so you get to move on and let them deal with the subsidence issue that nobody spotted because they didn't do their due diligence!

The fact that we have been sending the check the same way for 8 years with no issues and for her to instantly threaten us with eviction is just crazy to me.

Home Type: Looking at single family homes mostly but I would love a duplex or multi-tenant property so long as cashflow ratio is met and my cash limitations aren't exceededTurnkey or Small Rehab: I would love a small rehab to instantly add value but a turnkey property within budget that will cashflow instantly is also on the list.Cash Amount: I have 75K to work with.

@Heather Olson  Not yet although I do rent to college students in one house and I know the school has temporarily closed.The only upshot at the moment, my mortgages are commercial and instantly reset with prime, so just got notice of the 1/2 point rate drop.- Tom

The Vrbo and Airbnb app do not cost any extra.I get a text message when there is an inquiry or instant bookings. 

I knew instantly the 2million deaths was BS, just like when the California governor said 5 million Californians would be hospitalized.

When I came across this quote in a Tim Ferris podcast it instantly became a motto for me both personally and in investing:"Easy Choices, Hard Life. 

I was not in a hurry to get these because I thought I had time, but everything changed in what seems like an instant.