Paying some amount and getting poker chips or monopoly money to use toward a purchase is nothing but a shell game, it's clearly a method to allow credits from rents paid to buy a property.

Get in a program and chip away at it.

I have a cousin in Oak Harbor but rarely get that far north.

Welcome,I'm up in Oak Harbor.

I have this dilemma right now, I have a rental in a nice middle class neighborhood, a 4/2 home, (Oak Park close to Berkley for the michiganders), probably can get $1,500 - $1,600 a month for rent, we are replacing the cabinets, granite and putting stainless steel appliances, the connection is for electric but have thought about putting a gas burner instead of electric, would you think it would be a good idea to turn it to gas?

Welcome from Oak Harbor!

I kindly reminded him that that is considered yard maintenance and to throw some salt on the ice.What I have seen happen with someone (my wife's friends who rent in Royal Oak) is that the tenants (again my wife's friends) complain when the snow removal company isn't there IMMEDIATELY as if their property they are renting is the only one the company has to do.

I'm in the DFW area, and I'm new to RE investing as well.And @Paul Timmins , I've taken to your advice and signed up for a DFW REI Club meeting, which happens to take place tomorrow at the Diamond Oaks Country Club.

It also has some really nce oak and pine trees on the land that are worth something.

any condo landlord willing to chip-in?