My youngest child is still about 5 years from going off to college, so I was looking for a scenario that did not require moving around.  

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Hi Everybody,I'm currently a Freshman at the University of Colorado Boulder and I am looking at closing on a house next week. I am planning on living in the house next year and renting out the other rooms (3 bed 2 bat...

One of the reasons I asked the question is that it seems strange to me that a property management wouldn’t take anything upfront if they inherited a house that wasn’t ready for rent .Our property management also does the cleaning ( deep clean over 4 days was $1000 but they had to deal with some nasty pet hair , fleas etc)and that included some cover up paint etc .One lesson learned here is every contract with owner : property management varied greatly it seems from what is needed .But moving forward - I feel that $500 a month on a $2100 a month property is too high once it’s rented - unless endless problems persist of course ..thanks for your insight!

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Profitable with minimal investment Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

The lender seems to believe that the only rent by the room strategy that exists is renting rooms to college students and his quote to me was "more people, more leases, more problems".What do I know??