Great information and stories in the podcasts.

So I came into bigger pockets and was one of the many people who just popped their heads in to say that their new and then completely disappear. Recently i started looking back into the forums and reading here and the...

This story made all the local news channels.

The new wrinkle to the story - my ex-tenant was recently disciplined and reduced in rate by his command, meaning he will be out of the Navy in 8 months due to High Year Tenure.

Third - just doing some very cursory research brought me to the infamous north Texas squatter story and the obscure Adverse Possession law.  

@Stephen Chittenden, great success story.

However, there is a difference between a "Rush in Judgment" and years of experience hearing the same sob story over and over again.A "Rush to Judgment" would be someone who see's an applicant get out of the car, who  look like bums and so you assume they won't qualify for your rental. 

I've read up on a number of success stories that involve investments which you can live in for some time and later flip.

The Indianapolis Business Journal has a story about the neighborhood in this week's edition (see below) .Hidden Gem:  Bates-Hendricks Neighborhood Drawing Attention (IBJ)http://www.ibj.com/articles/53754-hidden-gem-bates...

Last week on 6/17, my wife and I closed on our first home (2 story townhome built in 1997, 3BR 2.5 BA in the Houston area).