I would highlight this for other investors about keeping reserves and if values start to soften this is a perfect example of what can go wrong when you are over leveraged and don’t have cash.

A condition of my financing is to have plans available for an appraisal of the value after rehab, so I'm looking to get started on drawings as soon as possible.

Hi, I am looking to start investing in section 8.

Sounds like you are off to a great start.#1 we have relatively few duplexes in the whole North Texas area it seems, compared to other parts of the country. 

It was a little slow getting started.

I started as a lurker myself.

We also had an extra umbrella policy.Now that a few years have gone by and we've obtained more assets, meaning we have more to loose, it's made since to start an LLC and start to move things under its protection.Even if you get a good management company, which sounds hard to do, you'll still have to manage them and make sure they're staying on top of things.

House hacking is a great way to get started in real estate.

I have not yet lost a remote since I started doing this some years back, and 99% of people never mess with the original TV remote because they don't need it and don't know it's back there. 

At first I learned "use an LLC," no brainer, then I started learning more and now it's not a no brainer.