I would protect myself and cut my losses so I was not looking over my shoulder or getting high blood pressure every time I heard a knock on the door (hoping it is not the FBI showing up to ask you some questions). 

First time on this forum, and just introduced through two books I just read by David Greene and Brandon Turner.  

Last year was the first and only year we had a negative cash flow, and that is driven by the anti-landlord west coast sentiment.  

Should you decide to do this full time and do more than 1 flip at a time, private lending and fix&flip loans will be the way to go.

Get up to speed more before doing this first deal.

Quote from @Olivia Blake: I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue.

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I’m brainstorming ideas on how I can market myself to potential mentors in the STR game in order to gain experience. Ideally, I’d like to become so much of value that I’d be paid for my help/ serv...

The time of DIY partnership returns has passed. 

I'm in Rogers Park, Chicago. I have several people interested in being my roommate. So far, I have two people who seem they could good tenants. I did find them on Craigslist though.My mom has one property in Romeovill...

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