To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

@Bill Hinshaw One way I cut a lot of costs is by shopping at a place we have in Quincy that is an investor's paradise. 

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Did you simply loan someone a bunch of money and file a lien against the property?

A common one for the brand new buy and hold landlord with their first rental unit is what I call hgtv syndrome or simply over-remodeling.

A warranty deed passes that guarantee on to your LLC.If you transfer title through a quitclaim deed, you are simply saying that you are passing any interest you might have in the property to your LLC.

But the plumber can usually tell what caused the clog...if it wasn't tree roots causing a backup, it was most likely something like paper, hair, etc.I just simply say, "I'm sorry, but someone in the household has been flushing a lot of paper or something.

If most turnkey guys would just invest their funds into marketing themselves; they basically cut any resellers out of the mix.

Are the rents simply to high even in a rising market?

Just because a property is paid for doesn't mean it's for sale, mine aren't.In my area, we have sign ordinances, bandit signs simply show who is will to break laws in their business practices, if they are willing to break those ordinances, what other ordinances or laws are they willing the violate as well.