They have good training programs, good company culture, good orientation to help you grow beyond being just an agent, and when you start completing a lot of sales, they are a smart financial choice.

Without a sufficient base/understanding, you will be less prepared for future deals.  

This is if given the choice and you have ample money in both areas. 

Lease options are not necessarily the best choice in Texas. 

Maybe time to contact your agent and see what your choices are for that area of the building.

We are trying to decide if getting a loan from our current bank would be a good choice or if we should use another type of lender.

Provided you do not discuss with rejected applicants why someone else was chosen over them you may select whom ever you wish for what ever reasons you deem to be important.Landlords that operate and select tenants out of fear of having to dealing with rejection of applicants usually make bad choices and do not last long in this business.

Hello everyone. After spending a few years following BP I've finally completed my first rehab and flip and now I'm looking at multi-family units to buy and hold.I'm wondering if anyone has run into difficulty getting ...

When I bounced this idea off of my boss, (a real estate investor himself) he said that the 2nd option is a bad choice because I would be forced to pay a capital gains tax because I wouldn't be living in the house first.

When searching for a market I almost settled on Birmingham however I had a difficult time building a team and getting sufficient information on the public record.