Construction and heavy reno will create/reveal problems you didn't know existed, have a healthy contingency and stomach.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I am assuming you closed through escrow, used a standard real estate contract and met the deadlines described in those agreements.

Moved to Austin 13 years ago and am finally on board to start my real estate journey.

Is an interest in a DST (Delaware Statutory Trust) considered real estate ownership or a security in Florida? 

Getting into real estate investing has been on my mind for a while now.

I am new to real estate investing but am interested in fix and flip projects and building a rental portfolio.

@Doug Webb for commercial class residential (5+) units, the general guidance you'll get is that you should be taking possession via an LLC, as there are no real advantages to not doing so besides the minor overhead of forming and maintaining the entity.

Purchase price: $453,000 Cash invested: $80,000 Personal property and first real estate deal I did as a realtor

My name is Sheila Richmond Young, and I'm new to the real estate industry.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.