Quote from @Crawford Peay: Hey just wanted to jump on here and introduce myself My name is Crawford Peay, I am located in Memphis TNI help investors buy and sell properties along with managing their portfolios in Memphis and the surronding area!  

About my ideas and general questions.

Thank you all for taking the time to read and reply to my post! 

I just closed on a new construction home through Rent To Retirement, and wanted to share my experience.

I had to protect my bank whhile he went broke so I ended up paying for a few subs twice..

I use partnerships to help me fund my projects when it is hard to get financing.

Quote from @Anne Christensen: I'm just starting my real estate adventure, but I do rent my basement on my primary home. 

Quote from @Edward Barrett: New investor here trying to stay in my local market (Dayton, OH).Since I've started looking for my first deal I've come across a few section 8 properties that seem to pencil, but I'm a bit loath to jump into that kind of deal.

With a bit of planning and good operations, one can easily manage 20 to 30 properties without an assistant, with less than a day or two a month.There's lots of automated ways to check on rent, make deposits (my tenants deposit directly into a bank account), receive maintenance requests, have maintenance done, etc., etc.One thing I could argue is to have your tenants ONLY email you, especially for maintenance requests, and that email goes directly to the vendor that you have set up to handle it.

Additionally, I have a great relationship with my lender and secured favorable terms on my current loan.