Joining investor meetups in your area can also help you build relationships with experienced investors who may offer mentorship or even potential partnerships.Finally, don’t underestimate the power of letting people know your plans.

I highly recommend you play with that tool to start getting an understanding of what things you can do to positively affect your credit! 

That's direction I'd advise exploring, not how to do it all yourself as an island, but as a facilitating power.

If your tenant has been playing these "schemes" then likely they've done this with the previous landlord and gotten away with it - so I hope you bought the property for a good price in order to account for this potential headache. 

I heard good things about it, but I have never played it.

I don't know what the issue is/was, but I think a lot of customers want to play games and he probably did his best to keep them on the straight and narrow. 

The borrower's financials play a big part as well.

Very powerful strategy.

Please know that I will do everything in my power to help you and turn your experience around.Hi Tyson,Thank you for chiming in since I use Rent Redi.

From my experience, you can use that savings to house hack with an FHA loan, invest in a turnkey property in a more affordable market, or even partner with others to expand your purchasing power.