I am here to learn and excited to get my Real estate business growing.I am from Utah, Ogden Weber / Davis area and love to golf any local investors want get game and talk shop hit me up.

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I've seen writing contests for properties but never a raffle which would (in NYS) be considered gambling (games of chance) and also involving US Postal service which gosh they have rules about all sorts of stuff you can/can't do via mail. 

My newest buildings come with tenants that I didn't select. 

It's FREE and a lot of people, including tenants searching for a home, come through this site to find what they're looking forScreen and select qualified tenantHost an open house personallyHave application forms ready with requirements, what's going to happen in the screening process, and the qualities you expect from your tenantsAvoid fair housing problemsLease-Up the tenantSet and collect the rentImplement day-to-day operationsHave a handyman you can trust and who will get the job done in a timely mannerGet things done in order to keep your business running smoothly (rent, taxes, mortgage, maintenance, etc.)Know how to renew leases AND how to deliver termination letters and deal with evictionIf they're a good tenant and you're a great landlord, your tenants will have no problem renewing a new lease period with youIf they're not a good tenant and start missing payments and etc use your current relationship with them to reason out a solution.

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@Mike Alder  good luck I grew up in the business.. must watch movie for any land man is Glenn Garry Glen ross... you will see how all these lots you want to buy were created in the first place.land game dates back to just after the turn of the century  ( not 2000) when promoters went through the US creating mega subdivisions prior to any state or federal land development rules.. so you have all these old tracks and the parcels have been traded for 100 plus years.. lost at tax sale bought by someone like you or my dad.. resold on terms  those folks default or lose to tax's and the cycle repeats.Florida created massive subdivisions to attract residence's since no one wanted to live in swamps and such.. think Le High and Coral Gables..  

I have research a lot of houses before finally deciding on the particular property that I selected.

While I invested in my first SFR to start with, after that, I've been able to 'remain' active in the game through other methods - by delivering value.I've been able to create two partnerships while in Korea with people I've met through BiggerPockets.