My last rehab the only thing that popped up is one of my contractors took on more work than they could handle and therefore were too slow pushing things back and increasing the rehab duration.I am not a fan of newbie RE investors not investing local. 

Hi,I am Ramandeep singh, live in Mechanicsburg PA- new to real estate investing and a big fan of Bigger Pockets, I am still getting familiarized with website and wanted to say " Hi" to valuable members on this forum.

The federal government simply can't afford to have interest rates go too high so they won't.Also keep in mind if interest rates jump up like they did in the last few months, it is because the economy is trucking along and your rents are likely increasing as well.Having said that, I'm a big fan of evaluating risks from possible scenarios and planning for those contingencies so here's a few contingency plans I use.1) As you're already considering, stagger your maturities.

Been listing to BP podcast for about a year Big Fan,Great Education I've been trying to get the ball rolling this year to owner my first rental property wanting to house hack" so the beginning of the year I've started a savings just for my first deal we all know their are 52 weeks in a year so I vowed to myself to put $100 up a week its what I can afford on my salary but I've been going strong.

I’m not a big fan of bad mouthing other contractors, and I will never say this guy underbid it, I mean, his price will always be different from mine.

I listen to all of your podcasts everyday and I'm a huge fan!!!!

Im a fan of all the stuff Michael puts out for the community and all the value he provides, I just want to see if anyone else has personally used the CRM and what their experience is? 

also it would be great if someone can point me to other forums on how to convert a basement into an apartment with kitchen.I am also confused whether to go for vented vs ventless range hood or exhaust fan to deal with kitchen odors.appreciate the inputs from experienced forum members

Go to a paint store and get a color fan wheel and look through there and hold up the fan on the house to see what works. 

When the crap hits the fan, pooling of money for deals will absolutely function like a pyramid scheme for some unscrupulous operators...they will rob from Peter to pay Paul, many times without bad intentions.It also takes good internal record keeping to keep from commingling funds.