Your ASSUMING that you as a buyer can FORCE you're will and desires upon sellers and there brokers is significantly flawed.

The fact that you discovered concerning information about the male tenant's past after signing the lease complicates matters.

My score is about the same as yours, and I applied for Discover 6 months ago and got a $10k limit, then AMEX 3 months ago and got $15k.

Oh I just discovered another thread that asked the same question.

Saw Michael's post just now where he discovered a guest had taken a small heater- which is really a bummer.

However, it might be difficult to discover houses with solid cash flow in high-appreciation areas.

After consulting my realtor I discovered the ARV would only be about $60,000 and that it was going to take about 10 years to get my money back and likely 10 years to get the value of the property up consistent with what I had put into it.

That's a pretty big chunk of stuff to do and you'll probably have a million questions about things you discover while studying these things.Good Luck!

The Fed holds the key that could unlock both buyers and sellers — rate cuts — but it remains focused on lagging and flawed measures of inflation and employment.” — Barry Habib, MBS Highway’s Founder and CEO.

I also discovered damage to the roof and had to replace that, plus I graded and graveled the driveway and parking area. $24,000 worth of improvements, $20,000 in lost rent.