In addition to reading all the great information here, start reaching out to people and making time to meet with the frequent posters here.  

I like BP forums, since it's a great place to get a big deal of wealth of information and find very good people helping each other.

I've never read a book about investing in real estate        Recently talked to a friend of mine who invest in real estate and was happy with the 13% return on investment I'm not sure how you even figured thatHe asked what investments I have and when I was going for a run and returns on flip so I told him and he figured out it's over 25% return on investment on the rentals I have  which to me is OK but not great then again I don't know what others think because I say I've never read a book about it and this is the first form I've read about it  Similar things happened in business for me I think sometimes were way down by reading too much information overload and not expecting More from ourselves and our investments are both in owning businesses as well as real estate investmentFrom what he said and what I'm reading here if I had gone by the books and the so-called gurus I would've been happy with 13% ROI and here I am at almost double that by just stumbling blindly looking at the best deals and forcing things to happen

I wrote the above for informational purposes.

This is exactly the kind of information I am curious about.

First, you should have known your leases were up for renewal, and addressed it.Second, the buyer should have required estoppels for the leases, most don't, but your listing data Definitley should have shown lease periods.Third, we have no idea what your contract says about this, nor what your listing information detailed.

. - you can manually extract this information from Zillow if you know how to slice it.  

@Abel Sng Thank you for the information. 

I am the investor who will always be there.send me a message with your contact information and we'll talk and get you going.Example: A new student called me last week to wholesale a deal that I believed she could do making more money than 5K and tomorrow she's now going to do it herself with no out of pocket money and 3K in her pocket with a CF of $450.00/monthAll from her calling me a week ago.Send me a quick direct message with your contact info and you have a mentor.

I’ve got the age old question of whether we should sell our townhome or keep it and make it our first rental.This is my first post on BiggerPockets so please let me know if I have left out any information that may be helpful in the analysis.Single Family TownhomeBuilt: 2001Purchase Date: 2008Purchase Price: $270,000Property Tax: $5700/yearHOA: $125/monthWater/Sewer: $1320/year (Must be paid to county by home owner)Insurance: $800/yearMaintenance Costs: $400/year Other planned future costs: Roof (in about 5 years, ~$5000), water heater (in 7 years, ~$1300 including labor), water softener (in 5 years, $500)Current Mortgage (Refinanced in 2012)Term: 15Rate: 3.375%Principal: $140,000Market Value: $230,000 (Upstate NY market with minimal appreciation expected)Rental: $2000/month ($2200 possible but I want to be conservative)I was also considering refinancing to a 30 year mortgage to help with cash flow but I’m not sure if it is worth the $4000-5000 in closing costs to refinance.Normally I would not consider this a good rental property because of the low/negative cash flow.