To be perfectly honest the worst kept secret in Real Estate is that Property Management is the red headed step child of the industry.

The reason being: we’d love to live long term in New England but we’re very discouraged by the housing market up here (a lot of expensive run down properties and seems like a lot of red tape) 

I dont have the full purchase price of this 4plex to invest though, so I would have to finance half to 2/3 which seems like a stumbling block. i can still make the numbers work, but at a much lesser monthly profit i suppose. i also dont have the w2 income to support 2 mortgages (counting the one i have on my house), so i assume any bank would have to count the existing leases towards my income which i understand is possibleI guess I was wondering about advice, or red flags, anything, on this specific deal.

If the investor uses financing, they'd be in the red.

Basically, if their story makes sense and doesn't raise any red flags, I'd gladly consider them.  

I frankly don't know the politics in balt city is it blue or red or something in between..

I immediately saw a red flag because I knew the lending protocol.

Yesterday I was about to sign a contract with a local wholesaler firm, luckily a lawyer reviewed it and warned me of a series of red flags. 

John Roberts also is one of the organizers for Red Stick REIA meetups in BR and is heavily involved in REI. 

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