Quote from @Joe Gellenbeck: Hi All,I am new to this community and real estate investing in general, but I'm excited to jump in.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

I ask because we only buy houses around the southern US (TX,OK,AR,TN) but we're curious to know if more opportunities to buy foreclosures could potentially exist in other markets. 

Get the house hack under contract and closed first. 

Hey there @James Colgan - Love the idea of house hacking a duplex!

Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with.Hey Don, I have some questions about investing around East Idaho.

If I were in your and/or your mother-in-laws shoes, I would go to a local bank and use the free and clear house to secure a $150K+ line of credit. 

I have come to realize managing a bedroom is almost the same amount of work on the management side as a 10 bedroom house, so to me that is where the money is and I try not to pick low hanging fruit.

It's easy to focus solely on the numbers in real estate, but as landlords, we’re also providing a fundamental necessity—safe and stable housing.

BUT....They just canceled my policy because the property had cloth-covered wiring (like most 1951 houses do).