As it was not selling at even a break even price, we decided to put that home up for rent as well as for sale. 

When you have better applicants you never waste time deciding to turn down a applicant.

What made you decide to use a local lender? 

I can say that if it wasn't for this site, I would have never decided to look into real estate investing.

I would suggest deciding what your goals and objectives are.

Let's try this again...A property management company that I've been using for almost three years has decided to focus on residential sales, so they're selling off their property management arm to Renters Warehouse.

If you decide to replace it, you may want to consider vinyl, the new solid core stuff is nice.

This is the same question you ask yourself when deciding on any aspect of your business.

After stumbling upon the BP podcasts, we've decided to look for duplexes to implement a house hacking strategy by renting the second unit to a tenant.

I don’t want to make the decision for you, but if you do decide to sell your property you can look into something called a flat fee listing agent.