We have a very unique market, above median prices on homes, no war zones (denver metro anyways), economic stability, etc.

This might be a pretty unique question, but since I know there are several people who started their RE journeys buying a MF house and living in one of the units, I'm hoping there might be someone who can shed some light on my question.Background: I own a triplex with legal non-conforming zoning (zoned for duplexes) that I bought with FHA financing in September 2013.

We are in a unique situation that I think gives us advantages over most folks who start.1.

The guy doing the work will still get more AND you will have a nice clean division between what is subject to FICA and what is not.Then on the next deal if you want to hire out the work instead of one of the principles doing it, it still stays clean.

I am a skeptical penny-pincher by nature, and imagine the market in California may offer its own unique set of challenges in real estate.If I have to choose which types of investing interest me so far, they would be buy and hold, and possibly rehabbing.

lolI used to keep track of number of posts but now I get more fun scouring to see some of the unique and interesting topics I haven't seen before or a spin on an existing topic.

It is not a replacement for a through analysis of a property as every situation is unique.

This was a very unique position, being a mortgage brokerage with servicing, insured with resources to payoff or refinance an underlying note.

I thought I'd throw this out there to see what other people have done or might do if they were in the same boat.Just finished up two rehabs over the past month and ended up taking two very short term leases on both - each with their own unique circumstances.Let me describe the scenarios and then you tell me if I bumbled this one or not.1) Finished the rehab on this house just after the first week in december.

It also allows me to send my tenants a unique IRL to make payments at.There are many other rent collection services out there.