I liked the tenant, school is starting back etc, I told them they could pay first month and security deposit and I would let them have the rest of August for free.

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

The following day I got a small counter back and I accepted.

well if this was remotely true I would pay the 35k and sit back let them do all the work and make my 200k a year.  

Now, we're back to normalcy in rates, less normalcy in supply(in key areas) and inverse(in dreadful areas).Invest  prudently and in quality.

I got to the point where I hated switching back and forth.

They sell you a package to enter and then find you people to stay and never paid you back!

One of my goals this year was to take actionable steps into jump starting my real estate journey, so here I am, taking that first step.A little about me: I'm a San Antonio native that lived out of state for a couple of years but has migrated back home.

The money you invest needs to be money that you don't need back for at least five years, and to put it bluntly, you can afford to lose it all in the (hopefully unlikely) event that the investment fails. 

. - When you go to qualify for your next proeprty, your lender can actually add losses from line 18 back into your income... allowing you to qualify for the next property.