Taking advice from someone with a financial BIAS is dangerous to your financial health, unless you know that individual to be “above” short term personal gain and strictly in for long term relationships and reputation.  

And don’t forget that your legal bills, process server fees, etc are higher.But even after the expenses and the higher maintenance, the reward of the much higher NOI is there to be earned.

@Sean Kirk As someone who owns a Property Management company in Birmingham and has experience working with both Turnkey providers and Value Add investors, I’d recommend steering clear of Turnkey properties.While Turnkey properties offer a lower barrier to entry, they also come with much lower rewards.

There are also a ton of apartments competing with you in the same area that can do so many things to get tenants that are impossible as an individual owner, like giving 1-2 months free rent.   

For example, some of the property might even be eligible for bonus depreciation, but whether or not you use it depends on your short- and long-term strategy and individual needs.

@Chris SeveneyDebt adds risk AND reward. 

Procuring cause has morphed into which agent did the best job for the client, regardless of the timelines, so that bad agents don't get rewarding for opening a door and then not following up to help make an offer.

My journey in real estate began several years ago, driven by a passion for helping individuals find their dream homes and making sound investment decisions.I specialize in residential properties, focusing on both buying and selling, as well as identifying lucrative investment opportunities.

Nobody can safely and legitimately sell tradelines better and quicker than these guys, nobody pays more to do it, and nobody has a 100% commission referral program for each card uploaded by any/all new sellers you refer - without limit.I'm extremely experienced in this and although I've been through a couple growing pains with GFS they've ironed out nearly every issue and went fully transparent with their payment schedule and their system to prove that they will not manipulate pricing based on individual customers.

I was curious if anyone had insights on my scenario:Parents are living apart, yet still file federal taxes as 'married', but file individual state returns.