Think about what you can realistically do now to grow your savings and build credit, at what point you'd have enough to take the next step, preparation needed to get to the next step, and five and 10 year or longer goals.I'm currently in a holding a pattern this year, so you could say my current business plan is to read more real estate books, be active on BP forums, post my adventures and ponderings on my BP blog, do more maintenance inspections on our rentals, dream ad explore five and 10 year options, and work to reduce expensive tenant turnover.

I'd recommend adding "Lillington" so you'll be notified when people talk about your local area.Welcome Marty!

. :-)And the playing dead thing really was not the added "bonus" I was hoping to get out of the house. :-)

Make your 3.5% down payment, get your mortgage insurance, move in to one of the units, and either use a property management company or a craigslist ad to rent out the other unit once you are ready for tenants.

I put out a I Buy House ad on Facebook and have 8 responses already, so I need to get studying.God Bless You,Donald & Theresa KlosCustomRefinish.comAOK Properties

We will also insist that the tenant carry renters insurance as an added layer of protection.

We added a footer and then a wall then a slab and then we finished the porch.

I have an older home and also added vent-free heaters in the worst rooms.

If I ran a property management software firm and was getting the data for multiple customers anyway, I would absolutely consider adding a benchmarking feature.

I'd recommend adding "Little Rock" so you'll be notified when people talk about your local area.Welcome Virginia!