My biggest mistake in financial life goes way back to before I bought real estate.

They either are protected by their receptionist or will not return calls or emails.

Make sure you have the property contingencies in place to protect yourself-  Inspection, loan, appriasal, termite and specific timelines. 

Tammy, I see several disadvantages to combining the properties into a single tax parcel.1) if held in separate entities, your liability is limited and you have significant asset protection.2) individually, you can borrow against the properties either through refinancing or Heloc.

Also you may be in code violation for allowing a bedroom in the basement.You need to become more active in protecting your asset.

I own some vacant land in Illinois and would rather place it under an LLC for protection & insurance - in also looking at 2 deals in Florida I may pick up.

We had a blast and my kids loved it too, but there wasn't much financial return besides appreciation...time to sell!

(might help to protect your personal property)

Hey everybody,A bunch of the OMs I'm getting sent include a principal reduction in the financial analysis.

Try First Financial NW.