RE is not a free ride and there is no guarantee of success, no matter how smart you think you might be.

Hey, crazy cat ladies have to live somewhere, and you're doing us all a favor by letting her stay with you.Just keep an eye on the legal cat limit and keep her under it and enjoy the ride.

I have 180 units so I can ride out the seasonality. 

year 1 - buy a duplex with 600/mo profityear 2 - buy second duplex with 600/mo profityear 3 - buy a third duplex with 600/mo profityear 4 - sell all properties and use the cash and equity from them for 25% down payment on a small apartment building (550-600k selling price) with 4800/mo profit (10-20 units depending on the rent)year 5 - ride it out and save the profityear 6 - ride it out and save the profityear 7 - sell the apartment building and use the cash and equity as a 25% down payment on an apartment community (2-2.5M selling price) with 14-20k/mo profitWe chose duplexes for a specific reason starting out because of the market in our area makes them a better investment than single family homes. 

@Amber Scavone  Hope you'er ready for a great ride to the top by using all the free tools and more.

i like a big suv with a covered rear. sure hauling drywall is problem, but I don't fear having things taken out of the back of my ride. think Honda pilot.

If you're in the area or up for a little car ride, there's a meetup of some Milwaukee-area investors the last Saturday of the month.

Part of me wants to counter with an increase above listing maybe making me responsible for 30% vs 100% of the costs and say take it or im going to ride out the weekend where i already have 6 showings scheduled and its only Wednesday and put pressure back on him.  

@Garrett O'brien  Hope you'er ready for a great ride to the top by using all the free tools and more.

Big share runs the deal; everyone else is in the peanut gallery for the ride.