I'm just a regular 9-5 Job person & want to stick to the intial price as I live my life with budget & still want to invest in Real Estate.Any experience or opinion like such would be greatly appreciated.

So here are pros and cons of managing yourself.Pros:  you keep all profits (except 3% to credit card company), get to know guests, create a rapport with regular guests, make it personalized and memorable for your guests (my housekeeping staff was great and would leave flowers for anniversaries and balloons for bdays)Cons: Phone calls late at night sometimes, dealing with guests who are nasty and ignore your rules (ie no pets/no smoking, but it's nice having damage waiver in place), trial and error finding right housekeeping/maintenance/HVAC/plumbing people.Going with a property management company pros and cons:Pros:  they deal with all the issues and reservations callsCons: they may not be as attentive to your property as you would be and don't follow through with rules of no pets/no smoking.

Depends if you’re doing construction to perm or just construction or if the builder is financing up front and you’re able to get regular financing. 3 different scenarios.

I'm hoping to get some guidance on how to go down this route as this is not going to be a regular type of tenant.

So far all of the mortgage lenders I have talked to know all about an regular FHA loans, but when I ask for their experience with 203k Loans, none of them have done one or at worst don't even know what I am talking about.

(more in the summer with me washing the car and watering the grass) My 4 unit building is all over the place.

Income taxes are a little lower in Colombia on an absolute basis but the progressive scale maxes out at a lower number so it may be a wash depending how much money you made in rents.  

They will let a regular homeowner do that.

Hi All, I am looking to invest in Florida for some vacation homes as well as regular LT rentals.

Most cities up here use the roll out bins and limited times pick up bulk but this one has no bins and picks up bulk with the regular pick up.The mounds of trash got me a bargain on the house but I got it cleared for free.