Its the 4th now and he hasn't paid or responded to my initial text on the 1st asking if he received it, or my follow up text yesterday. 

In my state of New Hampshire they have ruled we ARE allowed to file evictions and I started one with the help of a more experienced associate about a week and a half ago and the initial paperwork put the living fear into my tenant and he paid what was owed and we made arrangements for this month.

But from my initial DD, their estimates of repair costs and comps used seem to have wild ranges.

Not so fast....the first thing I wanted to do was to get all of the appropriate documentation (T-12, leases, contract services, rent roll, etc.) to make sure all of the initial financials that the seller gave us were correct.

My initial plan, is to target distressed listings on sites like Zillow/Redfin, to start.

Another aspect that made the deal interesting was that it came with an extra lot, which I can parcel off at any time and recover the whole initial downpayment.

Seems like you can get there quicker by focusing on setting up short-term rentals, and perhaps ones that don't need extensive initial rehab.

It also allows us to gain experience with managing rentals as it's built out and we don't have to go looking for deals to scale the initial portfolio. 

My strategy is BRRRR with the initial purchase and rehab using private money, then pay then back with a cashout refi after 6 months, so maybe that is something you could look into.

Hello all!  My wife and I have done some flips in the past, but we are now starting to look into some holds (BRRR) for short term rentals.  We have found a great property, I have done my research and the owner is 3 si...