Do to many missteps from my current PM ranging from leaving the front door of the property open (over night) to sending rent checks to another client the list goes on.To the point, what would be some recommended ways to give PM the boot and what steps should be taken to do so and too avoid legal ramification?

There has been a lot of growth in these areas so the appreciation aspect was attractive to me at first.

Welcome JoesphI am also an engineer, (retired) in Baltimore MD.I invest in rental property and tax liens.The legal aspects of rentals in MD make it a challenging state.Wayne

Second would be to query neighborhood folks about their own house, and the word around the campfire (I avoided a house last year because the woman I met in her front yard had a story or two about mold and contractors not being all that satisfactory in response to it (I know, negatives rise to the top more easily than positives do, but still, I became worried and began to fret about big builders).Part of me wants to work harder for a living and do 1-3 fix and flips a year, the other wants to get into a buy and hold so as to use leverage.

I wish I had discovered Bigger Pockets prior to buying this house as there were some mistakes made that we could have avoided after reading the wealth of material on BP.

I have been doing some reading on it but I would prefer to talk with someone who is doing it to get their perspective on several aspects of it including ease of purchase, maintenance, tax issues, foreign ownership rules, entities, etc.

We've got folks here with experience in just about every aspect of the RE world.I recommend you find something you love to do, and keep doing it.

You took the sneaky route to avoid taxes.

I have outlined a couple belowThe more I get into this the more numbers I have to dig up and project going forward.Background Information· Purchased 2003: 250,000 (no down payment)· Refi 2006 timeframe (money out for improvements)· Refi 2009 (to avoid drastic increase in payment and rolled in prepayment penalties) I signed the papers so I have to live with itUnless it is absolutely necessary I would rather not discuss the above mistakes in great detail.

I am trying to avoid the guru seminars and sales pitch groups.Please let me know if you are aware of any meetings that I could attend.