It was a great way to get started in the game. 

My name is Thomas and I’m looking into getting my first property to start off this investing game!

@Michael Braxton Yes, we still meet up and have added a cashflow game night as well on the 2nd week of the month on Thur. at 6:30pm. 

@Jason DiClemente is a 700+ credit score required for hard money lending or just the 10% and 3-6 months “skin in the game”?

Real estate agents, property managers, attorneys, etc don't have the skin in the game like an owner does.

I am still new to the game, as you can tell, and the learning curve is steep.

@Mike Cowper I’m new to the game, but not new to building businesses from scratch!

BUT, I would keep a spreadsheet (or accounting software if you’re so inclined) and track the set-aside for capex, vacancies, maintenance, etc.

To top it off, it sounds like Google is going to get into the landlord game by building housing for employees with support from the city.

Then you will have to go to the property and review the footage if you suspect there was a problem.The great thing about having an internet connection is you can get real time motion alerts and you can log into your camera feed and see if someone was breaking into your place and call the police to catch them instead of handing them a video after the fact and hope they can find them.Either way I use a more robust system than the plug in play wifi cameras that are sold at Sam's or Walmart.I use  Digital Watchdog software running on a laptop and DW cameras.