Some of our initial baseline, no-go, criteria when we first listed were: 600+ credit score, no evictions, no bankruptcy, and income 3x rent... however, after finding that very few interested parties were eligible to even "enter a review phase" of landlord verifications etc, we loosened up a bit and went to an objective scoring model that I tweaked from a few ideas obtained after speaking to both rental professionals in my local area and some on this forum. 

G’dayHow do you track your expenses and find a balance between being a spendthrift and being too conservative?

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

I’m a real estate agent specializing in both residential and commercial real estate, with extensive experience as an investor.

It's more work in terms of finding tenants.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Most real buyers will have agents and will put it in their offer that the payment for the buyer agent come from the settlement funds.

So far, you guys have helped me find the motivation to purchase my first investment property, find the right management software, and now I'm marketing my triplex.

What part of real estate investing excites you?