I want to make my own hours so I can spend more time having fun with my amazing wife and beautiful daughter.

@Doug Pretorius City Hall has a department called Assessment Rolls, and you can sit in front of a computer terminal there for hours, taking down property owners' names to your heart's content.

They managed to provide two receipts electronically after two hours upon our immediate request.

You mention that he's hard to get in touch with.This might become very important halfway or more typically 3/4 of the way into the job, when the handyman decides it's time to drop off the earth for three months.You can also expect that the handyman will want to be paid proportionately or ahead of time as he completes work.

 Get at least three different estimates from different contractors that way you can compare their prices.

I rented houses and apartments while I was in college and for the first three years of living in KC, so I know how it works from the tenant's point of view. 

I am closing on a three unit property in the coming weeks.

The real estate industry really needs a change, a higher barrier to entry than a high school diploma and 90 hours of online training.

We also host happy hours and basics in real estate investing events about every other month. 

Lenders are going to look at three main criteria from a credit approval standpoint.