This also gives you a time advantage, we have submitted offers within the hour they have gone live on the MLS, which helps blow the seller away. 

After a week, the appraiser says that he WILL NOT be sending a report, because his valuation would be so low that it would blow up the deal.

Now factor in something you missed… maybe the AC blows up while you are fixing the property and you get hit with an unexpected $8,000 bill?

I was making minimum wage at the time, bringing home $300 a week, smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, drinking 3 coffees a day, spending money on scratch tickets and blowing money on card games.

Anyone here invested in STR's in Blowing Rock NC? 

He's a huge advocate of the idea that owning your own home is a liability while owning investment properties is an asset.

Once an attorney has a client s/he must advocate for the client as fiduciary of the estate, not you as a guy looking for a bargain.This is not one for a new investor. 

@Kent DepweI would put 20% down on a couple houses to buy n hold in states that are blowing up with population like Texas.

I’d choose it over almost anything other REI subscription (except PropStream and my CRM/Automation software).In addition to finding a deal and financing another in the first 60 days of starting it, we value our own local group because - We get to hang out with like minded people from all walks of life- They have great ideas that blow my mind- We all contribute in our own way- I have new and meaningful friendships- We swap helpful vendor recommendations- We can share / hear wins with / from people who we can be excited with (and without sounding like greedy jerks)- They help me stay encouraged to keep on growing and growing!

This will increase rehab costs and can sometimes blow final asking price out of proportion.