Just a quick question, are you saying you only have 20K for an acquisition?

If so, what is the address of the property so that I could do a quick Comparable Market Analysis  on the home? 

While initial cost may be a little higher, the money and time can save in the long run is well worth it to me plus the piece of mind I have knowing my tenants are safe and I have someone watching over my property electronically when I am not there.  

Hello everyone,This is kind of a weird question but my fiance  and I will be attending our first REIA meetup this weekend and it occurs to me that every businessman I’ve ever met says you must have business cards at networking events, and we have none.Now my first thought is, we haven’t made our first deal and are still planning to pull the trigger in about 2 months, so it really feels sorta presumptuous to print off business cards which say anything real estate related.On the other hand, having never really been to a meetup not related to my day job where I would totally have business cards, I’m unsure if it’s really bad etiquette not to have them.So my quick poll is, as people who have done this way more than me, what do you guys think?

I'm working with the owner of an almost 100 year old small (<900 sq. ft) craftsman bungalow with small rooms typical of a home of this vintage. The house is now vacant and in need of renovation (bathroom and kitche...

If you're ok with that kind of return you should be relatively safe and have operating expenses covered with that rental rate assuming you've done the diligence (it seems correct though since I know the spring, tx area somewhat).

., if you can pay down HELOCs that quickly, it doesn't really matter much imho.

Is paying off loan quickly a bad idea?  

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

Keep reading the forums and do quick google searches of some of the terms that you don't know.