However, one of your biggest advantages is that your property tax basis is lower relative to current investors, so you have structural margin to capture going forward.

We are ranked in the top 15 for most affordable places to live and recently we have grown to be the biggest city in Alabama by population.

Major lessons learned:1) Sometimes the biggest disasters lead to the biggest upside.  2) I filed two insurance claims here - one for the property damage and one for the theft of electrical & plumbing. 

Your biggest obstacle in doing that would be if the work needed was required to be preformed by a licensed professional.

My biggest advice for first timers, before they speak to the owner or listing agent, is to know their numbers.

The biggest benefit as an agent of the MLS in regard to buying your own properties is that you can see the agent notes, you can receive updates through 'showing time' and you can use the official Realtor forms (Offer to purchase and contract 2-T) that make an offer look better than non-agents who write their offers on less familiar forms they find on the internet.

IRA piece is interesting but some of the biggest overreach comes in the new account reporting rules proposed.

The biggest thing is just start trying to get a deal on the line.

They have an incentive to tell you the best way to qualify. 

We were able to do a lot of work to the rental home and complete the REHAB in nine weeks using incentive-based contracts.