I'm thankful that my parents were able to live the American dream before my father passed away, and that my mother has a secure financial future during her remaining years.Its difficult to get ahead even if you can speak English and are educated but how much more so if you are a poor immigrant.

Hey, This is a unique situation, I purchased my second property in June 2024, a single-family home that used to be a duplex, and is still zoned as a duplex ( remains 2 addresses).

I have talked to 6 different attorneys from a variety of firms (including Anderson), my priority remains to use a firm that is committed to delivering real value and doing the strategies I'm looking for, correctly. 

These costly improvements are pushing rents up.While effective rents (factoring in concessions) may be declining, asking rents remain high as landlords aim to maintain their property value.

Just remain wary of the potential consequences of operating in an anti-landlord jurisdiction: vacancy taxes, potential vacancy control, inability to remove deadbeat tenants, etc.Coincidentally, Jesse Vasquez posted "why your MTR isn't renting" on YouTube yesterday.  

What is a bit fuzzy for me is once I find that motivated seller, how/where do I find a wholesaler's contract?

I heard people say to use Google Voice and set up a mailbox to get back to the motivated sellers, but is there a better way to handle leads when they start to come in?

Almost nothing motivates me beyond myself, but when Codie Sanchez finished this presentation, I was amped.

However the banks that are underwriting these deals are killing us (Frost and PenFed).The home we are wanting to purchase will cost about the same as we are paying now so the Debt to Income should remain the same.  

If your hesitation is resting on inability / delay in qualifying for your second.. 1) most importatnly, you need to start with one..and househacking with low down is the best way to start. 2) buy that first one with intent of leveraging it to buy the 2nd/3rd property, IE live-in flip or find a motivated seller offering a steep discount.