Long story short, a relative has a property they've purchased that they don't have the time to manage since they are doing a much much much larger project. This building is 12 units, with one vacant and needing to be ...

Hello I just joined Biggerpockets but I have been reading the blog and listening to the podcast for a while. I am currently working on buying my first Commercial Property, considering a multi tenent retail plazas and ...

We were trying to be "reasonable" but again, we are novices and really were just trying to be extra cautious, we were in shock, we were worried about timing since not only did we need contractors to come quote, we needed the time to get all other repairs done so the house could be ready to rent out again. 

Hey All,We are novice investors who have flipped 2 houses but want to get into rentals.

Does anyone have any advice for a novice like me?

Yes some novice sellers will accept that but for credibility and longevity in this business you have to have some skin in the game.

Hey All,We are novice investors who have flipped 2 houses but want to get into rentals.

It was a serious risk to take but I was younger and a novice.

In the mean time though, I've been immersing all of my free-time in real estate information like the BP podcasts, books, forums, networking events, etc. and looking at deals in the market so I won't necessarily be a complete novice.

@Matt ShieldsI think essentially you are going to have to start doing bigger deals which novice don’t have the capital for In order to maintain your margIn Here in Canada I am working on turning triplex back into single family house.