Use this information to further your tenant screening procedure.You should also get emergency contact information for both a family contact and a close personal friend in the event the tenant(s) are absent and you need to contact them.

If you are near Chicago I can share some great events coming.If you own your home you either have to have equity or renovate to increase equity in order to refinance....is that the case for you currently?

Whether or not seller's agent was present at your home inspection, it sounds like you attended and had every right and opportunity to ask the inspector any questions you wanted to and crawl all over that property then.

Other ways are shadowing a contractor, going to networking events and building relationships with contractors to have them help you out.

For those who joined us, relive the moments with these awesome photos from the event.

You may also want to confirm that your estate planning is in order to ensure that someone can seamlessly step into your shoes to deal with tenants in the event of accident or death.

I’ll start attending our local meetups though just to start building that network.

It raised a couple of questions in my mind about the risks of wholesaling, namely the implications in the event that you assign a contract and the buyer backs out.It seems to me that Paid at Assignment would both:Result in committed assignees, otherwise they would risk losing the money they paid the assignor, andProvide the assignor with a significant cash cushion against breach of contract if they cannot locate another buyer prior to closing, and ultimately decide to cancel the contract with the property owner.But this raises another question. 

If in Texas and if doing them correctly.The reason for this is a note is needed (and deed of trust) to allow a remedy in the event of default and to also solve DTI issues for the seller (by showing a new lender the note and timely payments).I hope I do not get BP crucified - it is just the way all attorneys who know what they are doing in Texas do them.Stay safe out theirAlan

I can definitely attend meetings and continue to network but I'd like to make progress too.