It is really dependent on the builder.Negotiating real estate is different than negotiating a car or something at a yard sale.

Multis feel more like a house and you have one person living with you (or 2 or 3 depending on duplex, trip, or quad), whereas an apartment complex has more amenities, but people sharing walls everywhere.

I lived in Saint Louis for most of my 20s (and grew up in the general area), but even after being gone for over 10 years, I wouldn't trust my ability to pick locations outside of the no brainer A-B areas.I hit my FI number and have left my "golden cuffs"; I don't know your situation, but I what I can probably promise you is that it is going to take longer and be more difficult than you expect. 

Hello everyone, I have lived in Los Angeles since 2007and have no plans of leaving, although the state taxes are brutal.

1) Use a solid title company that won't insure everything 2) Buy only from legit and solid wholesalers / agents 3) If you can find out if the real seller still lives in the home that is helpful  -  get the story and try to do a little investigation yourself 4) Make sure the seller has a real and recent water bill - We can help you with that also so you don't get stuck with $2000 or more after closingI hope this helps you all because it is an amazing city to invest in.  

I thought I was going to live on it for a while but that's not longer the case.

Growing up in a household with 6 siblings and parents working hard to survive living in California I became very observant of what others were doing to make money.

One of our team members who lives in Michigan has agreed to take on the cleaning/turnover themselves, but we know this isn't a sustainable business model.For those of you in the area doing AirBNB/VRBO, how are you managing turnover?

Something’s not right there… did anyone else that doesn’t live in Fl that has the lot/s in their parents or families name not changed over to them with some information that also can be done that they didn’t put in the letter?

@Julianne Salamone I'm a Canadian now living in Florida and investing full-time down here.