This can provide more lucrative opportunities by allowing you to take advantage of lower closing and holding costs while keeping much or all of your money out of the deal.Every investor starts somewhere.

The local market has never been worse for a buy and hold investor.  

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

I'd told my agent this a few weeks ago, and my agent told me technically he is owed a 3% commission but he won't hold that against me since it's a family member and I'm starting out.

Originally posted by @Michael Haas:@Adrian Chu we've been extremely curious about that strategy - essentially "Condo-izing" a single family lot.Was this a hold for you, or did you sell one or both of the units?

Put in great tenants who take care of it4. hold it for a long timeIf you ever want to connect reach out anytime

I grew up in the industry and still have a hard time with holding contractors accountable.

The Triad area in NC is an exciting market, and it’s fantastic that you’re embracing long-distance investing—especially after listening to the BP podcasts for inspiration.

Water/sewer/trash bills are killer in the City and they are ruthless about holding housing providers responsible while letting tenants repeatedly off the hook. 

Trying to get a hold of them on the phone/email has been a challenge as well.