Keep in mind that if you buy a rental property in your name using a conventional mortgage it will directly affect your debt to income (DTI).

I run the FB group Philadelphia Landlords Connect -2000+ small investors who have a variety of experiences that they share and help each other to find good contractors, navigate city laws... 

Something just doesn't add up that this small, bedroom community would show up on this list compared to a Columbus or some of these other larger and more attractive metro areas.

That MSA has a lot going for it, with a bunch of the small towns around it, doing great as well.

I am hoping for some direction.

Sometimes finding small, local partners to do your own thing and do it your way and under your control can be a great way to go that has more accountability built in.

I dont know the scope of the job.. but 89k for sheetrock on just a small portion of the job is a huge number.. we sheetrock 2000 sq ft houses for about 15k total.

But they will also fight the claims and have small print on them.

File and serve ASAP (hire a process server to file your paperwork over the counter and take it directly from the court to the tenant that same day).First, Nick is likely correct that the tenant is not paying because they have no money to pay.

I've been using ListSource to create a direct mail/cold calling list but for some reason when I try to target homes with a specific number of bedrooms it gives me zero results...