Building reserves for emergencies and creating other contingency arrangements is also a good idea.When I retired I already knew that I had more than enough to retire because I had already been living more than 10 years exclusively on my rental cash flows and building reserves for retirement.

In these initial stages, focus on building your core4 of agent/deal finder, lender, property manager, and contractor for the market.

I am more thinking of moving forward, I am at a stage where I am looking to acquire 6 to 10 properties from now through 2025 (that's the plan) and I was inquiring as to the best way to own those properties that would offer asset protection and tax advantages.

You may be better served fixing your credit rather than involving an equity partner at this early stage of your investing career.  

Hello all, I have a prospective tenant for a rent by room strategy, we're in initial stages (he hasn't officially filled out the application to verify his credit score) and he is letting me know he filed bankruptcy in 2020, but his credit score should be above 620. 

I am a solar energy specialist and know the ins and outs from the preliminaries to the set up and the final stages.  

I attended a 2 day session for $1000 that was arranged through my local REIA.A complete waste of time and money.

My goal is simple: once we secure a deal, I buy directly from the seller with cash, and you earn a fee.Are these kinds of arrangements common?

Title should check to make sure there is no one else that might have a claim to the property if it's in a strange arrangement. 

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