I found some legal language I implemented into our month to month lease agreement which basically stated, any guest staying longer than 2 weeks in any 6 month period will be considered a tenant and subject to a $50.00 per week "guest fee."

Hello All ,Firstly , Happy new year to you all ..Very New to investing so have some basic questions and they may be silly but would like some inputs from you all so I get into investing in 2019 When investing out of state - Is it better to get loan against the property from the lenders based in the state or it doesn’t really matter one just requires a pre-approved loan.People who have more than 2 properties have you opened a company to charge your expenses?

I live and invest in Johnson County, it's basically South Fort Worth as far as competition is concerned (high competition).  

@Mark Skaff Here are the basic tools and resources you need to get you started:Listing Platforms:Realnex.com - I useCostar.com - I useCatalyst.com - I useBrevitas,com - I useCrexi.com - I useLoopnet.com - I do not useCRM, customer relationship management options, you only need one:Realnex - I useClientlookApto - SalesforceDigsyMarketing package creator, you only need one:Buildout - I useRealnex - I useMicrosoft PublisherAdobe InDesignMarket and financial analysis - advanced tool:STBD - Site-To-Do-Business (Demographic and Psychographic) - I useCostar.com - Rent and sold comp and market analysis data - I useThe Analyst Pro - Online Financial Analysis toolHP10bii calculatorFuel.com - financial analysis toolRPR Commercial - I useNot all these are mandatory and there are many more that compete with the above, these are ones I've used in the past or currently using now.The key is that you have a listing platform outside the MLS, a CRM to track you contacts, clients, properties and deals, a way to create a stunning marketing package, and market and financial analysis tools.

The Supreme Court said, basically, "Well, that was just a minor oversight by those stupid legislators.

We have only ever considered investing in real estate in two basic ways: flipping a place or renting one out.

Alot of new people are going into this to be a wholesaler but dont understand the basics of being a real estate investor and are losing and leaving alot of money on the table.

The inherited tenants moved out 6 months later, I did about a 5k basic “rehab”.

Mentions are a basic requirement of any forum.

Basically, just needing to find a lender that can offer decent terms, little to no seasoning for refi's (for deals which I either financed through my personal home HELOC or other funding means), after doing full rehab and getting appraisal, of course.