I was dead set on purchasing a rental for my first property using the FHA 203k on a foreclosed home, but I am realizing now that personally, flipping a home would probably make more sense since I am not sure if I want to stay in upstate ny or move to a more tax friendly state.

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I did get him an account set up and I did save him a lot of money to fix up his rental but what I really wanted was that connection.

I sent my first set of yellow letters the last week of July. 

That is the pressure I am putting on myself to not over improve.  

Talk to someone at a Home Depot, they should be able to set you up.

Hi Rafael, I know that @Ray Peslar does a great job on his own reno's and may be willing to GC, but I am not positive he is set up.

I'm not familiar with the Nevada landlord/tenant laws.I agree with @Joel Owens, it's all about setting the expectation and being firm.  

Clearly, Jay and Beyoncé are just setting up the "Luxury House Hack" that @Ben Leybovich has been posting about as of late.

Today I was looking at a few mobile home parks today I've had on my radar, and lo and behold, was driving by one of the homes and the garbage can was set fire.