We did all the work ourselves and really enjoyed it.

Turned out there was a lot of readers facing similar situations who enjoyed following my progress to become completely free in life.

Good morning BP community , I'm new to the community but not to the Real Estate, so i feel right at home ,I enjoy the social network of BP.My goals are to start some long lasting relationship and learn all that i can because you can never stop learning in this bushiness .

Everyone is enjoying prices at the pumps at 20 year lows (adjusted for inflation), everyone except for small and medium oil & gas producers that can't afford to continue operating with their existing debt and the price of oil at $30 a barrel.

Very accurate, nothing wring with buying right and later enjoying the fruits of your labor.

Since there will be a total of 27 properties to take care of and I really enjoy my job, I'm not sure if I should hire a property manager to take care of the properties and keep my job with benefits or quit my job and just focus on the 27 properties myself and that would be my full time job.

First, the last president was arrested a couple years ago for fraud, she stole about $30k and was headed for Florida in the middle of the night, I guess the police had already been watching her and moved in.  

I was always enjoy your perspective.That's a great find on Parkway!  

Enjoy BP, tons of useful information to absorb.

If the tenant doesn't leave a forwarding address, and you are keeping any portion of the security deposit, make an itemized list, mail it to their last known address, and watch the mail for it to arrive.