Purchase price: $175,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Single family residence, 3 bed, 2 bath, 1740sqft What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Box A is direct lender charges, box B are things the lender is making you get that you cannot shop for (for instance, the appraisal or credit report), and box C is closing costs that you can shop/control- Lenders can move things around between boxes A and B to change the way costs appear.

What I would really like is to meet a local agent or broker who deals primarily with RE investors, commercial or resi, and just spend a day shadowing you, seeing what the job involves, and learning.

Make sure you have a reliable GC in place prior to buying a deal.

Dealing with skyrocketing property taxes?

Purchase price: $330,000 Cash invested: $1 Sale price: $820,000 This was a zero down deal.

As for Sohin Shah, not sure he's the best to deal with. 

It looks like you want an all in one accounting software where you can do the following1) Advertise your listings2) Allow tenants to pay you directly with various payment options3) Allow tenants to make repair requests4) Tracking of income and expenses.You may want to see if a software like Buildium can handle this.Best of luck

A lot of investors (especially OOS) have very little idea what is really going on with their property - or specifically in some cases, how bad it is and what the PM has to deal with.The second issue is that a lot of new investors have unrealistic expectations of what a PM can do and what the cost of these things is.

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