Most investors at those meetups will also give you a list of things to look out for and share some mistakes they've made along the way to try and help. 

Received access to mortgage portal to ensure all payments are made (including escrow).Anything else here I should do or not do if acquiring for the long-term?

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Thanks Ben and Joseph,We work out of state so thought outsourcing management made the most sense but will look into self / hybrid management opportunities. 

During the Maverick Investment Group webinar, ABC Baltimore made the following guarantees that were also in our final contract with ABC Baltimore-1) If the rehab takes longer than 120 days, the seller (ABC Baltimore) will pay us a rental guarantee of $1400 per month.2) If the house after rehab is completed appraises for less than our total purchase price of $106,000 then the seller will buy the house back.Assured by these guarantees in the contract, we signed the contract for $106,000.

Purchase price: $450,000 Purchased property out of foreclosure, had problems with holder over tenant, but has been resolved, will rehab property to rent at FMV What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I've had low returns but in general all have made money.

Can we all agree a dollar made in Austin TX or Bryan TX or Dallas TX or San Francisco CA, or Nashville TN or any where spends the same wherever you choose to spend that dollar.  

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Most service or trades people us included increase the rates for customers we don’t want.