TenantAlert gave our best tenant a big fat red circle, recommending not to rent to them.

Trying to educate as much as I can in the midst of my first purely investment buy and hold deal.

I would like to start investing in buy and hold real estate when I return from my deployment rather soon, and build as quickly and safely as I can, in order to get closer toward my goal of financial freedom.

I'm new to Bigger Pockets and certainly looking to learn and implement as much as I possibly can in order to create the lifestyle my family deserves.

ALWAYS CALCULATE YOUR OWN NUMBERS/ESTIMATES, AND VERIFY/CORROBORATE EVERYTHING YOU CAN IN YOUR ESTIMATES.Regardless of whether or not the owners or agents have a fiduciary duty to give accurate numbers, you have a duty to yourself to not rely on others' (potentially very biased) information or analysis to make investment decisions.Investing 101~!!

The county knows there is a problem, but to keep the tax roles fat they took no action since none was initiated.6.

We are now buying as much as we can in PARTS of East Cleveland, YEP East, we know what's coming as do others, that's why no inventory. 

Buy cash if you can. In

One of the big advantages is you can in many markets charge by the room. 

Theoretically, they will get a nice fat check when all is said and done.So what you're dealing with when you look at a property in a flood zone is a lot of uncertainty.