Of course you still look for other properties in between then.There is no gravy train out there and real estate is hard work and so it investing.

We have our handy man do the work and we bill the tenant for it.

NO one lending money to an unaffiliated third party can be 100% perfect.. there are going to be deals that don't work and need to be worked out.. there are going to be deals were no return on investment was made and their will be deals that principal is lost.  

There were several buyers before me that tied it up for 129, 125, 120 but they could make the numbers work and walked.

My thought is that I can get a tenant in by the 1st of the month, avoid taking off days at work, and have it "showable" before months end.

I try to make every Dollar work and putting money into my retirement accounts provides the benefits of diversification from my real estate investments.

I was driving home from work and had had an absolutely awful day.

There are some very cool houses in some very problematic areas that need a lot of work. And

You'll be recognized in that community.As a lender, I recognized such signs and had an idea of the business activity level of that company, I understood the price range of a property before work and could later see the new pricing if it was listed indicating the quality of work.If someone came in with a contract from a company I recognized, often there were no questions about that contractor.

To some extent this is something that NADA does not push nearly hard enough and to some extent far too many people try to shortcut and do not read all of the instructions in the yellow books and almost never get the optional, and separate, training.I have been using these books for years as a lender with great success, and I, and others, have trained people working for me how to use them correctly.