Neither of us are handy so while fix and flip seems attractive to get a jump on our REI career, I'm not sure it's the best plan for us with no handiness and no current contractor contacts.

Did it slowly go bad over time, did you pay up front and they decided to spend their time elsewhere, etc?

Is it bad form to share a term sheet with competing banks?

They were not good people that turned bad after they moved in. 

SabrinaAfter a long real estate career in Silicon Valley, I moved to Greenville 3.5 years ago and have been actively investing near downtown Greenville - both flips and long term rental holds.

If you have been it’s probably not that bad.

If my assumptions are correct you’re just one bad water heater/ one broken pipe/ one eviction away from big trouble.

They all seem to say the same thing: rentals in the $700 - $900 range never drop and may actually go up in a bad market.

Leasing was getting run off a bad website and Google Ad words and not through other online sites.This just underscores the importance of organization and clear record keeping in buy and hold real estate.

It will catapult your career in ways you can't even imagine at this time.You can house hack a single or multi, but if you are really serious about your real estate sales career, be an owner!