Also, if you're reading a good book and it mentions a U.S. law, or custom, maybe just make a mental note that it may be different near you....then ask other investors what their thoughts are....The networking will do more for you than you can imagine!!! 

Remember to call the tax collector's office (back taxes) and health department (if there's a septic system).Find an agent who's willing to working with flippers and investors.

Justin Seng you need to have the mentality that 99 percent of all reasons tenants give you for not paying rent or paying late aren’t valid.

Three months ago I quit my job and started a private practice (mental health).

Any of you enrolled with NAR's AHP (association health plans)?

I am excited about this mental shift and it has been a refreshing way to change the transactional mindset that flipping had become.  

You can probably live a better life style on 6k of w2 because of  Benefits  (health care being the big one)  Conventional loans are going to be tough, your income is going to be scrutinized more.  

Unless, of course, she managed to scrape up enough money for a down payment on her own property.Those are the consequences of tenants with an entitlement mentality treating their landlord's rules like filth to be scraped off their shoes.

If you go into it with the mentality of hoping for the best, but prapraring for the worst, you will do ok.

Since then, my mother's health has declined and I am spending more and more time in Tahoe.