I am happy to get a larger house but my concern is that once it goes on the market after rehab, the appraiser will catch the discrepancy causing a domino effect of issues.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

  - keep an eye on comparable rentals in the area, look at their calendars and see how booked they get in fall, winter, spring so you can get an idea of the off season rental market. - when doing your finances plan for housekeeping, rental management fees, upkeep, supplies and off (and on!)

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

This is getting annoying this morning since I was trying to catch up on things and still need to keep my sound on the laptop for notification messages and such.