Now, if she has been late before, is messy, has long term guests without permission, and tries to get other things by you or creates issues for you outside of the financial aspect, that is a different story.  

One aspect of RE buying and selling that we are not very familiar with is Lease Optioning.From the perspective of the investor I understand that you take over payments of the mortgage while the mortgage stays in the borrowers name but I want to understand the details of this a little more.

I’m also a bit of numbers geek naturally so I try to break down things to the basic arithmetic most of the time.What I have found is that there is an abundance of talk in real estate investing forums or in REI clubs about certain aspects of REI (50% rule, construction discussions, LLC vs.

It gives you great sense in the buying and selling aspects of being an investor, but has little to do with the land lording side.  

At that point one can call themselves an agent, despite not really knowing most of the basic aspects of being a retail agent. 

I am more interested in hearing about the property management aspect from other investors who are currently using them now.Any info would be greatly appreciated.  

In fact, a number of threads here on BP served as the inspiration for me to start a property manager built on technology and data .  

Even within that sector, I only invest in a very narrow field; I know the companies and the technology behind their products. 

It's complicated, some don't like Tahoe due to wildfire risks, some don't like the rental aspect, so hard to get it all under one company (and affordable).

I see these post on BP's raging on Brokers then when you dissect it its all about the broker not being Johnny or Jane at the rat hole over a 20k transaction   LOL.Last thoughts its been a great Career for me... and brokerage just lead to many other aspects of RE..