Buying rental properties is investing in a business and a place to make your money and time work for you.

We had to do a lot of electrical work, bathroom, kitchen rehab, total paint and a new roof.

I thought he was super smart and a straight shooter. 

I asked him a lot of questions about the business and as soon as I got home I was doing research and joining RE forums focused on multi family.

No problem, I had cash from a refi, a HELOC, and a personal LOC.

Hello community,I have researching on benefits of long-term rental, and a bit stuck on requirements to be full time real estate professional (the 700 hours) if one has to be able to take tax advantages.

I currently have $350 dollars that is missing from a chargeback reversal from a tenant that has a document case with Amex and a statement to prove the money was sent back to me. 

If I put all of my eggs in one basket (Florida in this case), paid off property and a hurricane blows everything away, FEMA is nowhere to be found and the insurance companies take years to pay what little claims they actually do pay, I suffer through it in a blown out house.

-Getting the package to the city was congruent with (and a little ahead of) my expected timeframe.

Second, success often depends on creativity, persistence, and a willingness to negotiate.