Take this all with a grain of salt, because I'm a newbie, too. The

@Chris Thorgesen..I think Glassridge is legitimate too.  The

@Benjamin Barredo  on a sub too you have TAKEN TITLE subject too the exisiting mortgage so you are free to do any of the things a property owner would do.1.

There are plenty of options out there that not only cover the full mortgage but leave profit for you after all expenses too. The

Just a comment; an emergency=car repair, hospital trip, tooth abscess.

If they run in-house property management, I really appreciate it when they provide actual data for vacancies and maintenance for their properties under management.It suggests that they understand that setting and meeting realistic expectations is likelier to keep me buying over time than sugar-coating a deal and masking inevitable expenses.Any investor should be doing diligence and their own modeling on property values, rents, vacancies, maintenance, CapEx, etc.

They will rubberstamp old houses where somebody is living in it but go through like new owns with a fine tooth comb.

I strongly advise you not too.  The

Right now is leasing season too...   The

@Chris Adams , you need to consider that you're really doing two different things, and you need to take them separately:- Flipping a house- Investing in buy/holdIf you don't consider them separately, it's possible that profit on one side can mask a loss on the other side.For example, you might take a $50k purchase, put in $20k of work, and have a house worth $100k at the end.