However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey.

Alternatively, go find a handyman who is gagging for work and willing to take $500 to paint a house.

@Austin Wood Did you have something in your application or marketing material that indicated you did not allow smokers? 

Additionally, I've invested countless hours in watching educational YouTube videos, listening to podcasts, and extensively reading relevant materials on these topics on the internet.Responding to some of the questions raised on Lisa's case:1.

Many lenders will not touch under $400k, if not $250k, so you're probably going to need to get some type of exception or look to some other type of alternative lenders, who won't need to do income verification (They are out there).  

However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey.

Also the material and strategies are a bit dated as the course was written around 2000 or 2001.

I have seen they have been pushing RentRedi a lot on the podcasts lately and I fell victim to their marketing tactics and checked them out.They seem to have fairly reasonable plans ($9/month for year plan) and offer a variety of features but I am still confused why someone would pay for property management software when there are so many free alternatives out there. 

Define your investment goals, familiarize yourself with related terms, evaluate your financial situation, begin small, investigate markets, establish investment standards, cultivate professional connections, carry out exhaustive due diligence, investigate funding alternatives, and determine whether to manage the property on your own or by hiring a property management company.Decide what you want to achieve—stable cash flow, long-term growth, tax advantages, or all of these—and dedicate some time to learning about them by reading books, using the internet, taking classes, and attending seminars.

Alternatively, I could go with a custom design; what should be a ballpark price for all architectural and construction related plans?