We only found out that early in the lease because of several maintenance issues shortly after the tenant moved in and we have had to go back and forth with the owner for monies to pay certain invoices.

What are some unconventional creative financing strategies you've personally used or encountered in real estate investing that led to unexpected success, and what lessons did you learn from those experiences?

Cody,It is not easy with low down payment and  with current prices, property taxes and rates to live for "free" these days in most of the country.

I make more on interest and dividends  than I do on renting without the stress of tenants.

Nothing will crush your hopes and dreams quicker than if the people closest to you think investing in real estate is terrible.

You would just take over payments on her existing mortgage.Another option is you write the contract for the $215K that Zillow estimates and you tell your bank that the $31K down payment is coming from a gift of equity.

My brokerage has been tracking the data from the West Penn MLS for the past 2 years, and I would like to share some of the highlights so that we all have some hard facts to lean on when answering this question.

Given that the industrial market is softer than the prior few years, I intend to buyout/wait until current leases expire and leverage the space into self-storage. 

In fact, many of their stories, just relied on, picking up a few investments in solid areas, taking care of them, and holding onto them for a long time. 

People have definitely gotten smarter with the cleanup and I had the same problem in one of my units.