Then there are the kids of those unfortunate former homeowners who watched their parents go through the hell of losing the roof over their children's heads.

We also had my parents available to ask lots of questions when we wanted to start investing ourselves (before I knew about BP!). 

Parents, siblings, aunts or uncles, friends, etc.

I see that you are in Mad Heights....my parents live there (I did too until I got married and moved across the river to Canada) and they find property taxes to be extremely high (partly due to Lamphere schools, etc) when compared to other surrounding cities like Sterling Heights.

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I also just started to manage my parents house (we had a PM but let him go recently) so I'll definitely check out your website.Thanks for the recommendation on the meetup.

In one case, I had a good relationship with the parent company (realty agency) but was fed up with the continued incompetence of the property manager.

I am currently in pharmacy school, and will be finished in May 2015.I started out in real estate by purchasing my own home with the help of my parents co-signing on my loan. in 2011, I had just started pharmacy school at Wayne State University in Mid-town Detroit, and I needed to find a place to stay closer to the school.

I feel like a bad parent/wife when I can't provide for my family. 

I am working on selling my parents properties and making $80k.