There are a lot of ways to invest in RE and each requires building necessary skills.  

I moved to miami and it's tough to do here columbus land is cheap. lower than lenders even require our buyers have to come up with additional equity just to close the loan. not sure austin's economics but happy to look at a case study with you to see if it's feasible 

I am not a bankruptcy expert, but isn't that procedure used to release people from existing debt but not monthly expenses.  

3) Remaining $5625 is reimbursed to me as home office expense.

Many hard money lenders offer loans that include rehab costs, which could be beneficial for your BRRRR strategy.Alternatively, if you find a lender that offers a DSCR loan with a lower down payment requirement, that could be another route to explore, especially if you already have positive rental income history.

Activities that deal with electrical or plumbing should be outsourced to avoid more expensive issues unless you have some prior experience with the simpler repairs in each.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Experts say it can be risky for an investment fund to operate this way, since it may require ever more participants to be brought on board, rather than making money from its business.More than 60% of RAD’s operating expenses in 2020, the most recent period for which the company has released audited financial information, consisted of asset-management fees and other payments to a separate company owned by Mendenhall and other RAD executives called RAD Management LLC, according to an analysis of the financial data.Those fees and payments amounted to more than $730,000 that year, RAD said.ADVERTISEMENT“We have limited operating capital, few significant assets and limited revenue from operations,” RAD wrote in the January document, which sought to raise up to about $58 million in new funds, for a total of $75 million of company shares.

Follow all safety requirements your Insurance Company plus city and county require.This usually includes childproof access and alarms.

My experience has been that although I outline the requirements for tenancy in my properties, both brokers and PMs still send people who would qualify for most property owners but do not meet my outlined criteria; and then are SHOCKED when I reject them.