Half of it was from me buying and the other is from me selling.

Purchase price: $294,000 Cash invested: $80,000 Bought a single family HUD home for $294,000, it was in very rough condition but was on a half-acre lot.

I think the best and easiest way to get started is to use a servicing company.

Within the last year and half I have had three brand new water heaters corrode and start leaking at the bottom.All water heaters have been in the same spot at the same address installed by a professional plumber.

you could consider MTR'ing half the units!

If you are worried that lender might close the HELOC, draw all the max and put half in a short term CD and other half in checking.HELOCS did get closed in the crash of 2008A standard full doc refinance should have $3000 of hard costs plus impounds which are not really a cost, just on going expense.

A lot of office buildings sitting at 30%+ vacancy will be "for sale" soon enough, and self-storage strikes me as among the easiest and most plausible conversion of all that surplus space for sale on the cheap.

IE: easiest way to double your money?

I haven't heard of the "Binder" technique before, but it sounds like a great idea.As for increasing the Studio ADR, we are considering offering guests a half a dozen fresh eggs for breakfast since we have chickens. 

Good Afternoon BP,Since I got involved in real estate a year and a half ago, everyone has made wholesalers out to be the worst players in the game.