In case I don't sound thrilled about California -FYI, I'm not.Then I found Columbus and honestly it didn't take much convincing for me to realize that I could take my profits, and quit my job, and buy 2 homes in Columbus - one to live in and DIY fix up/house hack, and one to rehab/flip - and build a business out of that. 

Hopefully you realize that is a rent controlled property (state rent control law). 

I intentionally got my license because I worked with a few bad agents who did not understand investment real estate at all, and I quickly realized I would not get far working with them.

I am looking to start doing some long-distance real estate investing, and David Greene's Long-Distance Real Estate Investing book has made me realize how important it is to have a solid team in place prior to making a move on a deal.

I honor their month to month lease until June, then plan to put the security deposits i received at closing into escrow accounts under the new annual leases i get with all of them.I come to realize security deposit for the “oldest” tenant was not included at closing and neither was last months rent.

The low purchase price was attractive, but after we discovered the damage was not as significant as we feared we realized this house would be a home run.

Hey everyone, I've been lurking and taking in BiggerPockets content for some time now but realized I haven't made an introductory post yet!

We realize this isn't a very impressive return, however, we're anxious to get momentum going and get our "white belt" as Brandon would say... what do you think of this deal?

Step back a minute and realize why you are doing this and don't try to figure it out all at once.

I’ve really been doing lots of research on this and realized it’s something I really want to do.