The judge had doubts about the veracity of the website I was using to collect the rent (I gave him a print out of the payments and non-payments from the website) and thought we should have driven to unlock the door for the tenant when he locked himself out (3 hours) instead of telling him that was his issue and he should call a locksmith.In the end the judge asked him how much he thought he owed us and he did his calculations in the courtroom, not having this prepared. 

I also use business lines of credit from banks, but for this banks definitely want to see revenue (usually 5-10x the amount of a mine they will give you).It is important to remember though that just because these lines and CCs are not immediately reported on your personal credit report, if you miss payments or default you are personally liable and the debtors will add it to your personal credit report.

Additionally, it drives people away from the forums. 

I do not see that home prices have dropped 2-3% and this is a lot of added savings in additional to a downpayment if so. 

Sometimes there is value to be unlocked in capturing a discrepancy between AMI to rent ratio but don’t leave yourself over exposed.  

Hello peeps, I'm Angel from Massachusetts. I have owned a two family for about 20 years and now it has about 250k or so in equity at this point. So I think I already passed the "house hack phase" Looking to acquire a ...

As an investor, I value an agent coming to me with deals based on their in depth knowledge of the real estate landscape, networking, connections, and additional information they might be privy to. 

Here's the deal: You don't need to withdraw and return the current security deposit just to collect the additional $100.

@Monica Gonzalez a paid memership to BP will unlock their tools/calculators.

In addition being able to do your own searchs and one thing out west here that was very productive for us/me was just going through the big Plat maps ( the actual mylar / paper ones in the day) We could find shadow plats.