Thanks joshua dorkin, jason fraser, joe fairless, brandon turner, mehran kamari and mark ferguson. i have been reviewing numerous blogs, reading articles and listen to the podcast when i go running from this great site. i believe Bp will be the catalyst to finally change my life to being financially better.

I have told the complaining tenant numerous times not to bother me with these types of complaints as this man has the right to normal comings and goings.

You can list gas in your marketing, tenants have mentioned numerous times their preference for gas.

Welcome David,Look into the numerous blogs and podcasts here on BP that will definitely assist you in your REI journey.

The real estate market here never ceases to amaze me, when I bought this place it was in a "undesirable" part of Berkeley which has seen numerous improvements over the last 5 years and I thought I was paying to much 5 years ago.

Still need to run all of your numbers and ensure any property is a good investment if you are planning on being in this for the long haul.There are numerous posts on FHA financing and living in a portion of your first rental property.

@Amelia Bartlett, there are numerous threads discussing the topic of title searches here on BP.

From memory, "facilitating the sale, rent, etc of "real property", "for a fee" requires a license.

You buy the tax deed or foreclose on a lien and get the deed to the lot and now you inherited the costs of infrastructure and rebuilding the lot. 3) Numerous other reasons for the lot owner to be defaulting on taxes.

After talking to a few local banks to where the property is, TD Bank seems to be the one we are leaning towards.I am sort of facilitating the process for her, being that she's older and retired, she doesn't want to be bothered/inconvenienced too much with paperwork, etc.I read on another blog that there is a TON of back and forth, which I can see to be very annoying to her.