Around here the auctions are dried up. 

The first 5 times will be painful and frustrating - watch one of Brandon's or David G's videos on how to run the numbers - you'll become quick after a few dry runs.Just make sure you underwrite the deals against your Goals (ROI %, Cashflow $, potential longterm appreciation, etc), and run the numbers as if you're NOT in the property. 

I say that because the primer to cover the water stain may have to have your renters And their pets out of the unit for so many hours while they do it and then it dries because it may gas off.

Stocks as an asset class greatly outperform gold, but only because the top 4% of them in the best-performing market do all the heavy lifting while the other 96% as a group don't generate any excess returns.Owner-Operators are the Winners

California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

In CA, landlords provide microwave, ove, dish-washer, washing/drying machine and gardening.Let me know what you think.

I know some people like to just get more and more houses. and we should probably save some of the excess to pay for repairs. 

But having been broke before, I have a personal allergy to most forms of debt, especially excessive levels of debt!

Maverick received a referral fees (in excess of $6000) from the transaction between ABC Baltimore and me.

I increased rent the last lease renewal but increasing it $300 a month at one lease renewal is excessive and I wouldn't do that to my tenants.