It's very tempting to dive right in, but you hear stories of landlords who FAIL because they didn't have enough reserves to keep them afloat.

Landlord friendly - if people aren't paying rent, you'll want to kick them out within 45 days or less4.

Doing it as a owner-builder gave plenty of practical experience in managing a non-trivial construction process.Last year, we acquired one more condo in the neighborhood and have been gaining experience with land-lording as well.My background is in Computer Science and have been working full time as Software Engineer for about 20 years.I am interested in networking with fellow investors/tradesmen, especially who are active in our area (Culver City/West Los Angeles).Thanks and wish you all a very happy new year.Coty

I am 19 years old I attend a local community college, and work as a real estate broker, I was looking into buying a multifamily unit in my city (Fort Morgan) in order to rent out some units and live in one does this sounds like a good idea. ( I have no landlord experience)

You can learn to landlord as you go along.

I have more than 5 years experience as a landlord which allowed the property's rent to count towards the loan qualification.Is there a standard or recommended period before I can start pursuing funding for additional properties?

Besides the info here won't cost you one red cent and there are experienced professionals in various aspects of real estate investing from residential to commercial, licensed pros, wholesalers, rehabbers, landlords the works.

I am an excellent landlord and I take care of and update my properties continuously.

Both had different investment strategy that entailed a buy and hold model that proved very successful allowing time for family and early semi-retirement (as im sure everyone would agree a landlords job is never done).While my objective is similar to that above, my path and goals are slightly different.

New to the Landlording game.