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Hello BP members,I've been doing REI since 2009 and I can't believe that only recently I discovered this great site.I'm a small investor from the DFW area (REI is my hobby) I learned mostly from books back in 2008 and right after that the market started going down and I started buying properties in my suburb and converting them to rentals.

I did discover he was there about a year ago when I went over to fix an issue but I let it slide (i know; I shouldn't have).Thankfully, it only took me a week to get rid of the squatter (literally as of last night).

Keeping good long term tenants is great but I don't understand why so many LL's are scared to charge for their services.

That doesn't really solve your problem of under estimating the repairs and then having to back out once you discover more issues, but at least in my area, a legitimate contractor is going to be too busy to look at every house I see unless I was bringing him major business (which isn't the case for me).

I planned to have this property managed with one as I am an out of state LL anyways.

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Obviously this is more likely in a situation where the seller is not financially motivated, but "situationally" (worn out LL who just evicted ect)If the seller is financially distressed they may not be able to bring funds to closing, in which case they could do a short sale.

I just discovered BP and am amazed at all the fantastic information the site provides, thank you!!

Hi all, I'm lucky to have discovered this great community after finding out about it on Reddit.