I would venture to say that's it's all but impossible to find success and happiness without the complete buy in and support of your spouse.

However, I am venturing into student housing.

Bought my first rental about 4 years ago.    When we had our initial termite inspection, they recommended we install gravel and drains in the crawlspace along with a sump pump.    That helped, but, this being South Ca...

Some would say I was lucky, but it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't prepared for it.I know you asked about finding a partner, but while it's not impossible, I think it's highly unlikely that an investor with capital to invest will bank on a college student with no experience on such a venture. 

Hi All,I have a friend who wants to do business with me in rehabbing properties. The deal is he brings a portion of funds and shares profit, but the property will be in my LLC name. My friend will not co own the prope...

I am contemplating investing for the first time in a real estate venture.  

Hi Douglas, thank you for that, that was a very informative post and I have decided that Memphis is not the right place for my First Large Multi Family venture, so I am going to keep focusing on other areas.By this I am in no way saying Frayser is bad, it just does not fit my Risk Profile at this stage. 

Even better, possible joint ventures when it works out for everyone involved. 

We are interested in utilizing Private and/or Hard money for our first venture.

I currently have 6 deals in work, 2 of them are joint ventures and 4 are 2nd position loans.