Many have stopped looking at homes as it cost arm and a leg to own housing.I am not a strong supporter of using median home prices for comparison.

I want to start building a process of establishing strong relationships with property management companies in DFW and wanted to make sure they are good.https://reviews.birdeye.com/oneprop-782596672Thanks,

Lots of great connections all over but we also have a very strong and active contingent here in MA on here so make sure to find them (Set up some keyword alerts to find out about local topics) and get connected.Besides doing that on here make sure to get out to some of the many local investor events we have.  

@Jay Turner My first question in this is how strong the comps are.

Thank you so much for the reply @Brie Schmidt :) I'm in Canada so I think the downpayment rules are slightly different. 5% is definitely ok for owner occupied but I'm reading that 20% may only be available for up to 4 units on a strong application.

I am strongly considering opening a Self Administered, Self Directed i401k so that one of the investment vehicles can be - you guessed it - real estate notes and mortgages.With that said, I don't want to preclude myself from having a brokerage account to hold cash and hopefully earn some money in the stock market when I don't have the money lent in real estate.My question is this:  Do the brokerages (IE: Fidelity, etc), understand this arrangement?  

I strongly encourage not advertising how much money you have on an open thread like this as most people are honest with good intentions but you never know. 

I want to be able to build a strong foundation, and fully understand every aspect of this business.

NOTE: Strong language in the videos, I tend to talk like a sailor when things don't go my way. 

I can't change the past but I STRONGLY suspect that we would have begun eviction immediately if the pm had let us know hadn't been able to collect the remainder of the deposit.