Your on the ball and that's half the battle.

Ok - well, I dropped the ball on my updates, but here are the latest interviews that are now live:- Interview with Jonathan Rivera on Real Estate Investing, Social Media & Marketing- Interview with Kevin Kaczmarek on Note Investing, SDIRAs, and Starting Out in Real EstateAnd just added today:Interview with Commercial Real Estate Investor Joel Owens on Multifamily & Retail InvestmentsI've been getting a lot of great feedback about these interviews and will continue to line up new people.

It's hard to know how to handle all of the curve balls that come at you (broken pool, etc) until it happens.

Lastly you gotta be in the ball park with your ball park estimate.

So lets do some brain exercise...If I keep $5k and put the other $5k away (hypothetical numbers)...

Most of the landlords that are in there, are sick of the management, and will be willing to play ball!

Odd ball deals may not sit well with a judge especially when he sees a poorly written contract.So again, 11 months later, my suggestion is that you keep with local customs in your contracts and see an attorney to at least bless them with legal water.

You can exercise limited control over the outcome and/or equip yourself with some information that steers your investment.

We have spoken to our trusted realtor, who thinks we are in the ball park.

VA will not finance a house that needs major repair, but look hard and make low ball offers, and find a suitable house that you and your family can live in.