If you don't get access to the property before closing it can be tricky but if there are recent photos online or you can walk through before and take your own then it is much easier.

David, are your credit literacy and other presentations posted somewhere online?

It really is a minefield out there.I know everyone likes the convenience of the web, and they are tired of hearing it, but this really is a business based on relationships, not online anonymity.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

That means all cars must be able to maneuver into parking spaces on the lot.

It is tax free in the sense that you will not owe taxes today on the cash-out.

LOne common strategy is doing a cash-out refinance on one of your rental properties to tap into the equity.

A lot of the deals that I analyzed (and passed on) over the past 12-18 months had unrealistically thin margins, and I saw the same thing on some of the loans that I looked at.

I have an STR and previously did not allow pets on our property out of fear that they would destroy it. 

I didn’t know anyone in Alabama, so I called a few agents I found online and ended up picking one from BiggerPockets.