I also can’t help but wonder if spending your own personal money for repairs would outweigh the benefits of owning the investment property.

I'm wondering if I'm being penalized in some way for having my calendar blocked for so long.

Good for the old tenant and I wonder who thought it was a good idea to do this to people.

I own a SFH in Santa Barbara County (it's in an unincorporated area between SB and Goleta.)Ive had wonderful tenants since buying the property in late 2017 and have raised the rent just twice (still WELL under market value rent).

My thought is is use the Rent Ready feature of reporting his payment history to the credit bureau so it can work in his favor as a trade line, but I'm wondering if this is an unnecessary added step since he can already pull transactions on his bank side. 

Its risky but risk can be mitigated.In case anyone is wondering how this applies to real estate, my goal is to raise 100k for my dream of building a short to mid term rental on land I have already purchased in Northeastern IL in the style of FLW usonian homes.Cheers folks!

I'm wondering if anyone has some baselines or targets that they shoot for in Royse City and Rockwall, TX.

He bought the property pre COVID, so his cash flow is definitely going to be different than what mine will be.The question I'm wondering if its a good idea and if the numbers make sense.Purchase Price: $100,000Down payment: $20,000 (20%)Current cashflow: $900Property manager: $90 (10%)His expense for 12 months was only $1,430 (inspections, repairs, management, eviction services). 

Thanks Kerry, wonderful story!

They don't have time to sit around wondering whether to keep those old boxes of used toilet paper rolls.