No one that has been at real estate for more than a couple years has had no losers, and when you lose your family's money, well sometimes those close knit families aren't nearly as close knit and you start getting people playing sides.

Over the past few years, my wife and I have worked hard to improve our financial health—we’ve raised our credit scores above 800, paid off all debt except for our mortgage and student loans, and saved a fair amount.

With that being said, as long as your return is fairly straight forward, you should be okay but if you have multiple rentals and other things going on, always worth at least a chat with someone.

Look at buying rental properties as the long term play in building wealth.

Pricing Strategy: In a declining market, offer slightly below fair market value to ensure room for negotiation.7.

This will help you determine the property's fair market value and ensure you're not overpaying.

First time posting, my wife and I are fairly new investors.

Buildium has been a fairly robust platform, helping us grow from 4 to 26 units over the past 4 years.

This young man is 25, if he plays his cards right and scales slow, by the time he is 40 he will be a millionaire many times over.You just have to be careful, there are sharks out there that are not scammers per se, but they are just very pitchy and slimy and are allergic to honesty. 

So, the fact that you are capped to the purchase price plus closing costs does not come into play here.