Since then, I’ve connected with a few investors on BP that have had pretty bad experiences with them, so it’s probably best I steered clear.  

I would almost steer clear of anyone claiming to be an 'Expert' at anything let alone Real Estate.

@Emilee Steers I'm taking an online course right now, I was hesitant at first but it opens you up to so much more oportunity.

I guess I can wait until you finish insulting each other if that helps, but I don't see why you would try to keep steering me to an argument that I agree with you on.  

Made this mistake before, which is why we steer our clients away from houses on busy streets on a regular basis.

I don't mind doing sweat equity nor does my son and his family, we just need MORE room it is crowded here lol.....Once I get that settled I am looking (or should say still looking) to get back into Real Estate Investments, I am networking here in Lakewood and found a couple of Investors who can steer me in the right direction, found a couple of other newbies as well who are now here thanks to me referring them lol, and still listening to the Podcasts that I find concerning Real Estate Investing which I am learning alot, thanks Brad for the connections, but as I said above I was trying to fix my credit score,  but instead of going up it went down to a low score of 503, it finally went back up and I am hoping it still goes up, but as I said I am in desperate need of getting out of this apartment into something bigger.

I am thinking the initial investment will cost me around $8,000 but I will be able to charge an extra 25 per apartment with this added room.. times 60 apartments will be an extra $1,500 a month ( minus the cost of wifi hulu and netflix) leaving me with an approximate $ 1,400 a month profit times that by 12 months thats an extra $16,800.00  a year.. here is my problem.. due to the fact that i am making all of these repairs i am not really taking a paycheck right now.. and my mind is racing to be able to start buying houses in the area to rent..I am so cash strapped right now.. and I inherited this so i have no idea how to go about obtaining properties the way you guys do.. can you please steer me in the direction of a good real estate investment club in maryland and also did any of you get your real estate license to be able to be your own agent?

@Dmitriy Fomichenko Thank you for the welcome message and the recommendations, I deeply appreciate you steering me in the right direction.

Many, maybe most, landlords would steer clear of providing any out of the box perks.

I would steer clear.