Not sure exactly what year it was, but also remember my husband upset that he had made more that month in the stock market doing no work than he did working for 2 weeks of his vacation to buy the house and turn it over, so that was an aspect at the time as well, although if I remember the market only lasted another 6-8 months before crashing, while our rentals held their value.

So to be fair with everyone who has posted on this thread, I was just alittle upset about the house because I saw it as another hand out.

Technically I won a bet... but you and the Red Cross are the ones that benefit from my victory :)

Hi Victor,I also fell into real estate investments after my Grandpa gave my brother and I a commercial property.

Hi Victor, "I sacked them and through a new property manager found out the home was rented to a section 8 tenant and is in a mess."

IMO you should have a very good understanding of the start to finish of the construction process if you want to be a briefcase contractor, even a general contractor otherwise you can be way over your head really fast and not make any money and have people upset with you .

Most of us learn more from our mistakes than from our victories. thanks again for sharing.

If so, then I can see the listing agent being upset.

To me, the value of having a long term tenant far outweighs the little bit of protection you get from the deposit at the risk of upsetting the apple cart.

I am hoping to get some advice on how to proceed in a situation that is very upsetting to me.