Using a HELOC, could also work if you plan on paying it off quickly through a delayed purchase refinance on the new property.

If you had a paid off rental house, and others with mortgages, and you wanted to use the equity in the paid off rental for a cash offer on another property, how would one do that if the DTI ratio doesn't work due to having too much credit utilization with the addition of the new loan.

We have a property that a number of months ago we had a plumber that had to clean out the sewage drain lines and he took a video and pictures and the line was plugged with what looked to be industrial strength shop wipes/paper towels, tampons, rags,  ect…We got contacted by the property manager that the line was stopped up again.

I found my go to handyman on Craigslist over 10 years ago.Today I would use a local RE FB group or a recommendation from people in my RE Club.

Lots of cool things going on.

Also, do most of them rent by the room and have their parents cosign on the lease? 

We bought on foreclosure from a bank. not much negotiating because it was an auction.

I try to find ways to force value into the home for a while before I move on.

It seemed easier to advertise a $1300/m 1BR and list that utilities are a flat totaling $100/m than having it listed for $1400/m

I noticed that a lot of insurance companies are starting to drop multi-family are home in Texas What's some good commercial insurance for rental properties that will take on the state of Texas