Welcome @David TelpCute little town, Red Lion.

For me, getting pumped up from reading a post about someone making 25k off their flip is great but it's a little like a Red Bull sugar rush... it's great while it lasts, but in a little while, I need to find more to get back to that feeling again.

Everyone has rocks in their backpack.I find this article relieving because it reinforces the real secret to getting ahead: Work for what you want.

There's a lot of extra money to be found under the rocks if people are willing to lift them up and look :)

Since working with the investor my headaches have gone away, I get about $100 cash flow after I pay the monthly mortgage, and 10% fee to the investor, but that doesn't cover a big ticket disaster that is probably looming on the horizon.The market has heated up in Denver which is bleeding down to Castle Rock, Colorado Springs and Fountain. 

Ask someone for the repairs so you have reserves but you better be rock solid on your repair numbers.

Hello, I'm 20 and have loved Real Estate since I was little. Just started reading one day about investing and it just made sense to me that I want to start! So right now I'm starting out as a wholesaler here in Reddin...

I hope, in addition to the tidbits of wisdom from others in this thread, that you take a few moments to review everything involved in the rental transaction starting with how you found these tenants (or they found you) and think about what red flags went up, when and what you should have done to avoid the drama.Perhaps better screening could have screened them out .... perhaps.I like Eric Drenckhahn's blog .... 

Anyway, when most of those are flashing red it's time to think about selling and when most of them turn green again, time to think about buying. 

I ran across this article this morning on Business Insider.  It is painted with broad strokes, but it still has some data that could be troubling or encouraging depending on which side of the fence you sit.  I just wa...