Some of those banks will also have retail operations, but generally you will get a better rate/fee combo through wholesale (the dozen loans per month mortgage broker gets volume discounts) than if you called that exact bank or lender directly (average consumer gets 1 mortgage every 3-7 years + marketing budget needs to be baked in).

Some lessons learned, ownership is expensive and time consuming, roommates never want to help with house improvements, and make sure to include the income on taxes.

Up to this point, never had any reason to Contact anyone with Bigger Pockets but, just found out there is no number to call, or do I have this wrong?Problem is; hoping this is just a mis-understanding but, $147 has be...

Take those away or lessen them to reduce my taxes on ordinary income takes away the best opportunity that I have as an individual in the poor and middle class to financially succeed and it puts me in the daily grind where I have to be at the whims of market forces and other people's selfish decision making for my financial future.I am not a billionaire or corrupt...that's class warfare that creates divisiveness, which does not create opportunity for any of us in any class.There are consumers and there are investors and that is driven by each person's personal decisions.  

I've heard a great deal on the emphasis of having a good consumer FICO score, which I do.

They do not believe they have any responsibility to prosecute criminal tenants and see the situation as too stressful, costly and time consuming. 

Unless you only want one or two properties to have a little side income coming in, you need to have a healthy market for your units. 

In short this means that it produces more energy than it consumes.  

And when you get the actual consumers and here is 2  so you know were there is 2 there is 20... talking about the horrid experiences they have.. then the Real agent should take note...

Without the proper tools, it's very time consuming..