Maybe go prepared with a spreadsheet of fix up costs prior to just hitting her up with that.

We are currently preparing my real estate strategy, of course using the Bigger Pockets Strategy book, as a previous business owner in another industry, there’s a lot of good and refreshing information here in this Strategy book. 

It's one of those things where if you are going to require it, you have to be prepared to evict for not getting it.

Anyone in sales knows, you are going to have to be prepared for a lot of "Nos" to get to the "Yes". 

They raise X amount of dollars and then hit a wall, because they are not prepared.

More preparation on the parcels i'm working on.

This is my pre-retirement preparation.

Plenty of investors succeed with out-of-state properties, but preparation and due diligence make all the difference.Good luck, and let us know how itg oes!

The thing I didn't like about RentRedi after doing lots of research and preparing a spreadsheet with features and costs, is that RentRedi doesn't disclose up front that the accounting portion is linked to another company and is extra and, frankly, comparable to the pricing of the "big boys."   

Run realistic numbers and be prepared for the worst.