My experience is that you never win a fight with the IRS, you can only hope not to lose and it is a miserable time sucking event.

Louisiana is a miserable, miserable place in the summer. 

The fact that you are asking complete strangers tells me he has failed miserably.

I have had good tenants and I have had really bad Tenants that make life miserable.

That unfortunately put me behind schedule.And every time I try installing flooring on my own, it's a miserable experience.

He spent $5,000 doing that, and suggests a return of $3000/$5000 = 60% annually.This sounds like a great idea- but in practice, I think it would fail miserably.

Be persistent as your goal is to make their lives miserable enough to force them to move.

But tenants will make your life miserable if you let it.

In this episode, we explore Charles’s story and the lessons he’s learned over his 20+ year career, including how his first deal failed miserably, how he helped another investor retire through rentals in just five years, and his strong belief that the deal isn’t as important as most investors think — plus so much more!

I get lazy and I'm a little bit of an Ebenezer Scrooge miser, counting my gold coins and chuckling, which makes me leave money hanging around in pathetic interest accounts way too long.