Prior to owning my home I lived in a number of apartments at different price points and not one of the high end ones had a coil stove.  

I wanted to get folks opinions here on this situation.  I have a property in Southern Maryland that I have now been to court multiple times to get the tenants to pay their back rent.  They have consistently stayed 2 m...

Prior the SS rule requires that current rents on all units had to equal at a "min," be equal or greater than the total monthly PITIA (prin/interest/tax/insurance/assessments - includes monthly MI too).

I'm hoping to do some syndication deals in the next 6-18 months in my market and see building one from my prior deals and current prospective deals to secure more investors.  

My parents discouraged me on a lot of things because they thought it was too risky and because they were worried about me..Over time I made it a practice to keep every new venture confidential (even from friends) prior to execution.

The big benefit I have in my handyman portfolio is that I am either laying the tile or closely supervising the job as it's done by people whom I've personally trained.That's part of how I've come into this business, as a handyman investor with quite a bit of prior experience in laying tile.My portfolio is also almost completely occupied by health care professionals, who in general are trained to appreciate the advantages of ceramic tile as a sanitary surface.

Have now acquired our second property where we are doing some reno's prior to renting - much steeper learning curve!

@Jeff Costa yes I had budgeted out the renovation in an inspection prior to purchasing.

In A or B properties you should absolutely change these as quickly as possible (and bonus points for doing this prior to a tenant complaining about it).  

I also include a clause (and require them to initial it) that says they were given the opportunity to inspect the home prior to moving in and they accept it "as is" with no further promises of cleaning, repairing, or improving.