Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Port Chester" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

You have to be careful with lease options, charging above market rent.Here are some tips to prevent the lease option from being a disguised installment sale.````````````````````````````1.

Thanks for the tip Brandon - I'll set some up now!

This is not an endorsement as I haven't used this personally, but I've heard good things from those who used Upwork and hired VAs from the Philippines, as you can find those who speak perfect english.The tips I was given was to really screen out those who are detail-oriented and can follow a script really well.

Any tip would be great.Thanks,Lu

Any input would be valued, be that tips on landlording or the financial aspect of an investment of this nature. 

@Michele Fischer Thanks for the tip.

Any tips from someone who started out in a partnership and is still in one today?

You see people chiming in to use everything from complex software, books, seminars, checklists, graphs, charts, tips about all sorts of systems...

I wanted to poll the group about something.I like to invest in neighborhoods where I would actually live.  I find I get better tenants that way.  One of the things I do to figure out if a neighborhood is worth a drive...