Take away what you learned, start with a clean slate, and jump at the opportunity to take control of your life and rise to success.It sounds like some good fortune has fallen upon you. 

Fortunately, he has built up quite a network of sub-contractors (plumbers, HVAC, electrical) for those projects that need to be farmed out. 

Hi Jonathan, my wife and I were both active duty when we got our duplex so qualifying for the loan was pretty easy fortunately.

We joke about it but we say "the fastest, surest way to get someone out of the Real Estate Investing business is to have them self manage their own rental properties ;-)  Several excellent teachers and mentors I've been fortunate enough to work with will tell you to just budget 10% of collected rent to hiring a good PM company.

Here are some recent stats on the area.The median home price in Metro Detroit area quadrupled between 2009 and 2016, going from $40,000 to $165,000.With the increase in the median home price, financing has becoming more attainable for investments in Metro Detroit area.Eleven Fortune 500 companies with Michigan headquarters are located within Metro Detroit.Ford is investing over a billion dollars into a new manufacturing plant in the Metro Detroit area.The median rental price is $1,050 in the metro Detroit areaMetro Detroit rents increased nearly 6% year over year in 2016.Vacancy in the Detroit metro area has fallen to below 4.00%.

I'm looking for some advice on how to fund properties as a newbie with zero properties.I was very fortunate and closed on my primary residence in the Austin, TX area in January of last year and since then have had a substantial amount of appreciation in property value.

I'm fortunate to live in a property owned by my mom, that has about $200k in equity.

Fortunately, it was a decent day for late December in Ohio.

one week 2 weeks 3 weeks for due diligence to assure finance and building pest inspectiion is fine and if not they can back out without losing their deposit why are the areas that are very hot so hot. is it becaue covid interupted some buyig and selling and people are catching upwill these markets maybe be likely to cook down within the year even if just 20% cool downare there always times of the year where there are more people sellingbecuase fr example i saw several 3 bedroom  2 bath nice units or townhouses selling in nov dec but now there is close to nothingare there ways for me to learn to check certain things when i inspect , floor walls structure termites hot water cooling stove  anythig else or should i make sure to take a builder and pet inspector on the inspection or should i just put an offer subject to due diligenceor can i learn to check many things myselfhow else can i find properties in a hot marketwhat are my choices for having a lower mortgage either buy buying older or with some part of it that can be rented out  to subsidise the  mortgage. r cheaper and to add ona or fix  later ahow much could it cost ballpart range to change a house from electric r  oil  to gasor to make a basement that isnt walk out into a walk out basementor to finish off a basement cheaply.if someone wants to buy an older property what should they make sure is in good condition to not be up for a fortune laterstructure termites bathrooms water heating cooling  anything else?

Fortunately, it appears it was somehow only the windshield damaged, although it's possible there was minor damage I'm not seeing in the pictures just outside of the windshield.