Home Depots/Lowes have been hit or miss for me whenever I go to purchase something.My area doesnt really have much in the way of independent "full" lumberyards, but over the past few years I have found some of the "niche" suppliers - a molding & trim store that has wicked pricing, a yard that sells drywall & masonry supplies, another that does roofing stuff, etc.

Good point Jason, lenders will not seperate you from your busienss.Using credit cards in your LLC might get you an account at the local business supply store, it's practically ignored in RE financing, the credit line is simply not sufficient.The best way to obtain credit in the LLC is to make money and show the ability topay the debt!

There's too many people in this business blowing smoke up other people's you know what about what their capabilities are, which is why this business gets a bad reputation for frauds who have an impressive online persona but can't close a deal in the real world.Keep it simple, professional and straightforward.

Your absolute primary focus (over 80%) of the resources you have should be spent on finding a smoking deal to wholesale.

-Change smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries at move-in.

I have a bunch of tenants.I will tell you what I tell my property manager.Do not get over involved in tenants problems and lives.Simply collect the rent and handle repairs and make sure the tenants are in compliance with the terms of the lease.I am very picky in who I allow to rent in my buildings.I turn down about 3 to 4 out of every 5 applicants.No pit bulls,aggressive breeds of animals,sex offenders,felony offenders,drugs,loud parties,unclean tenants,evictions from other apartments,no smoking inside of the units,etc.I go through this the first time I meet a potential tenant before I say anything else.The deadbeats leave real quick and the good ones like that I do that upfront and want to apply for a unit.You should have researched the tenants on the lease way before closing on this property.At the least it would have given you leverage to drive down the price further to take on a bigger problem.A good deal is only relative to the problems you take on when purchasing.Do not kid yourself on the drug dealing.If they grow pot,smoke meth,etc. the costs to remediate the units after you get them out can put you under.Just go talk to the sheriffs department about drug damaged units.Did you pull a criminal report for the area before buying??

The issue is supply and difficulty in using.You are buying other people's spare gift cards so amounts are typically 127.56 and stuff like that.

The smoke blackened the bricks around the opening so that it looks like the fireplace had caught fire.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.Jon

They are also pretty notorious for using YOUR supplies to "help out" their OTHER friends...NOT on your property!