Everyone has a different skill set, so be careful with any advice you get.  

I was dead set on purchasing a rental for my first property using the FHA 203k on a foreclosed home, but I am realizing now that personally, flipping a home would probably make more sense since I am not sure if I want to stay in upstate ny or move to a more tax friendly state.

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I did get him an account set up and I did save him a lot of money to fix up his rental but what I really wanted was that connection.

I sent my first set of yellow letters the last week of July. 

Talk to someone at a Home Depot, they should be able to set you up.

Hi Rafael, I know that @Ray Peslar does a great job on his own reno's and may be willing to GC, but I am not positive he is set up.

Good reminder that you make and set policy not just in the lease and rules but also in the behavior and actions of the manager/landlord (no repercussions=no compliance)...Best of luck!

Clearly, Jay and Beyoncé are just setting up the "Luxury House Hack" that @Ben Leybovich has been posting about as of late.

Today I was looking at a few mobile home parks today I've had on my radar, and lo and behold, was driving by one of the homes and the garbage can was set fire.