I'm financially ready and constantly learning.

The summer is kicking up a notch in Florida and Im getting constant AC trouble calls for my properties as HVAC are working in the sixth gear.

The average broker/agents are not seen as leaders in the market so they tend to get the scraps where buyers make decisions on price and not the relationship.Anyone can try to be cheaper but if you gained a lot of knowledge and are constantly learning it is very hard for other brokers/agents to outdo you.  

@Drew Kenwood There are a plethora of crowdfunding websites and new ones are constantly cropping up.

"It doesn't needed any repairs" Every property will need constant repairs over the life time of ownershipExpenses and long term maintained on a home will cost on average 50% of the rental income (50% rule).

I've technically been a member of BP since December 2016, but between the constant travel with my previous job (auditor) and planning our move, I haven't been active on the site... time to change that!

To me, I think it is just more of a pain for these to breakdown and have the tenant constantly calling me to fix them if they break.

I am a small business owner in Atlanta, looking to generate more passive income over time by investing in buy-and-hold rental properties.My current goal is to learn as much as possible about buying and managing rental properties, and to purchase my first property within the next 12 months.During the past month, I’ve…Read Brandon's book on Managing Rental PropertiesRead Scott’s new book Set for LifeRead The Millionaire Real Estate InvestorBeen constantly listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast episodesAttended several of the BP webinarsSet up alerts on Zillow and Redfin for properties that meet my criteria…and I just purchased the BP Pro membership yesterday, so I can use the calculators to analyze potential rental properties.The two investment options I’m considering at this point are...

And many thanks to the constant support the BP community provides!

A lot of people on BP constantly use the Pom Poms for using OPM... which I get from a certain perspective (their mindset is you can do multiple deals at once this way).However, we are talking about 9-12% interest plus 1-3 points on top of that.