(2) Let's say our first crack at this REI works really well and we want to continue growing our portfolio, (which is our intention) will it be more difficult during these turbulent financial times for a newbie to build a strong and steady portfolio in comparison to past economical downturns?

Since this is an existing tenant and she has indicated the intention to leave I would not even consider letting her sign a year lease now.

ive actually had 2 properties previously. one was my house in Georgetown that i "flipped" while living in. the second was my wifes house in Richmond Hill before we got married. we tried to make it a rental but it was a disaster from the start, that was my first exposure to just how important a property manager is and how they are all definitely not created equal. i was just winging it then and completely clueless. since then ive been reading a lot of books and have dived in to podcast. planning to buy a rental later this years, this time ill be a little more ready. looking for some people in the area interested in real estate also to bounce ideas off of. maybe partner up on some future projects.

BUT, can you PROVE that someone saw her intentionally start the fire?

Ill call Washington Federal as well, US bank is actually the bank that is currently denying me (after 2 months of dragging me around, by the way).Considering I currently I can't get anything back, I'm okay with that.

Once i locate owner names i skip trace the owner find their current address and phone number, I usually like to just give them a ring but often times ill follow the phone call up with a yellow letter or postcard if i cant get them on the phone.

It was not our intent to become investors or Short Term Rental experts.

We have a 14-page management contract that we've added our real experiences to over the years, with the intent of protecting both us AND the landlord.

The seller has intentions to buy a new home in the new state where they have relocated.

so i started posting on this website about a month ago and i was posting alot for about a month. but i decided to step back to give me some time to asess my goals and figure out a game plan for how i wanted to get into investing. im going intio my sophmore year in college and have about 5000$ to my name right now. my plan is to save up money while in college and invest in re once im out. ( ill be 21) my goal is to have about 20-30 k in liquid money at the end of this period. my goal is to make this money through jobs that are going to give me some type of experience that will help me out as an investor/ landlord. any jobs i can get working with other investors or jobs that where i can learn handyman type skills is what im going for. im also thinking about trying to do some day trading but i havent settled on that yet.i know this forum is big on acting quickly and not procratinating but the way i see it i am very young and i see this as all part of the big picture of my investment plan. also im pretty much 100% sure i want to make a career out of rei for a variety of reasons and im not worried about losing interest or anything like that.that being said i have 2 questions 1) any commentarym, criticism, ideas for my plan2) i have been thinking about getting my realtors license in the next two years. is there anyways that a realtors license can be a hinderance to a re investor. any legal restrictions that realtors have that make it hard for them to invest?