Most real estate investors are sitting idle right now because of the Fed rate hikes and high property prices unless a deal makes sense to do.I wish you all the best in your endeavors.  

Pest control- we put mouse bait out along the fencelines and under the units, mow excess weeds and grass.

If they cannot send someone to even cut the grass, then chances are they aren't paying the property taxes on the property either. 

I recently chose the payout & 5% was w/h Fed & 2% State.

For the 10 year period spanning May 2014 through May 2024, single-family prices in Austin nearly doubled, yielding an annualized appreciation rate of ~9.2% in that period.A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is sitting around 7% interest, which is down a bit from recent months, but still well above where we began 2024:The Fed monetary policy and rate decisions remain the biggest single driver of the residential real estate market overall.

Simple question.3 options.1.Keep Garage2.Renovate garage into a small "man cave"3.Take garage down and lay fresh grass for backyard.

Even the same wholesalers who fed the scam are now buying back these properties for a fraction of their value.

While you're out in the field make notes of properties you like that aren't being maintained - look for high grass and weeds, broken windows or unshoveled snow in the winter.

starting out I use excel, as I grew I used quickbooks but there are many other programs out there that can track this for you.Regarding left on mortgage, I just left that with the lender and the digital statements but many times that is like watching the grass grow - especially if its a 30 year mortgage...

After a few years of licking my wounds while running my grass fed farm, I decided that the only way to recover was to liquidate my remaining property and basically start over investing in real estate.