@Matthew Irish-Jones the whole rat thing is a little odd but hey I love all animals.

@Matthew Irish-Jones I have access to cash; private, savings which allowed me to be able to quit and not stress about immediately finding another job, and I have 50k in lines of credit that I don't use.

@Emily Irish-RyanHi Emily - my duplex is in Milwaukee.

Originally posted by @Matthew Irish-Jones:@Andy Cairns I have used VAs for my personal portfolio as well as for our property management division.

Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones: Quote from @John W.: Quote from @Dom Cassissa: If you're taking  % as a manager I would stick to the same cost as what the area management companies charge, I think that $50 a problem thing will end up getting super lopsided if there's a lot of work.Have you considered maybe like a 60/40 split of the equity instead, you take the extra 10% for the additional work/management you have to provide?

I'd assume that "dirty money" probably isn't common place is the majority of private money lender's investor pools, as I would assume it would not be the quickest way to launder money...but I'm not an expert on laundering and did not grow up on enough mobster movies.  

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@Matthew Irish-Jones I couldn't agree more!

This is an interesting read - an Irish rock star's perspective on why Obama won the Nobel and the rebranding of America ....http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18bono.html?

I bought a long-term 6 family property from a north Irish man who gave up because there were so many problems for him.