My buddies parents rented out a house to a guy that didn't pay the rent for 3 months and even broke a window. this got me to thinking is their a way to make it fool proof?

--> bought a primary on a VA loan, rented out the rooms to my buddies, started trying to figure out how to keep it and invest long distance (how I found David Greene's book Long Distance Real Estate Investing) and ultimately found BiggerPockets and I've been hooked ever since!

Me and you are in the same boat. for my first deal which hopefully will close soon, I am working with my buddy who recently got his license.

You can Google to locate them and go to meetup.com There is a very good one in Warwick say Hi to my buddies Craig and Don.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

If it hasn't happened yet, this is probably something of what what you're going to see soon enough:-----------------A buddy will get out of college, buy himself a new car ("as a present") and rent an upscale apartment ("so good to finally get out of the dumps I used to have to live in!").

@Abel Curiel I'm all over it buddy!

I would like to go into business with a military buddy of mine holding rentals for cash flow.

As stated before, I am new to the real estate game. I think that I am doing ok thus far, but I want to kick my work into another gear. I will admit to date, I have been a part time investor, somewhat of a hobbyist....

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My buddy just got a deal off bandit signs.