I have saved their info for future reference for my self.

Doing nothing adds to the tenant's potential arsenal against you, in a liability lawsuit or rent-related legal proceeding.One more element of self interest: water problems never fix themselves.

It is fun to find a community of like-minded, excited individuals, who are interested in working to the success of everyone, rather than the advantage of self.

I am venturing into buy, FIX, and hold; looking into how to loan money for the short term (up to 6 months) and JV with others, and using self-directed IRA's.These are new areas for me so there is going to be discomfort with this learning curve.

@Anthony AtyeoI like to invest my self-employed 401k in buy and hold properties.

It sounds like a self-contained gas system as well (propane). 

Credit is great but debt to income ratio is high given my self employed status.  

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

For self directed 401Ks (including ROTH) check out www.irafinancialgroup.com Reasonable fees and very knowledgeable.

I am currently self employed and have always had REI in the background.