Your team can provide valuable insight and help you avoid costly mistakes down the line.5.

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $199,900

Sale price: $212,000

Fourplex north of Austin. It turned out to be a bit too far.

What ma...

This is also the worst time of year to find tenants!

An agent named Mathew Dial contacted me for loan opportunity and told me how flexible and how easy they can provide bridge loan lending and conventional lender. I tried one with them as a refi over 2 condos. We got st...

And someone jumping into this as a complete newbie can expect that they have a decent chance of making some expensive newbie mistakes.

Worst case?

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

My city is the worst it's ever been.

@Chantelle LewisRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Zach Howard the winter months are also the worst time to sell a property!