Just start interacting with others by asking questions and by getting involved in the discussions on the site and you'll find that connections and friends follow suit.

I am planning on being a buy and hold investor, but I could at a later point, after a certain percentage is paid off, to refinance, and continue to refinance regularly, just at the lower interest rate that comes with a fifteen percent loan.

In my market, green grass that gets mowed regularly is good enough.

I find this with regular new agents as well.

That is, "regular cars" will get more and more automation.

I do understand max occupancy limits for rentals, but I think a family should be able to let someone visit at some point so long as it's not "bills paid" and they don't become a regular tenant in the rental.With roommates, after some googling horror stories of unpaying "extra" roommates where bum boyfriends/girlfriends moved in without paying, I think I understand the "no overnight guests" with roommates now.

Your comments are very typical of the conversations I regularly have with our borrowers, Kristine.

You have to keep in mind the exit values as the rehab costs are affected by the values of the homes.For instance, on one of my $1.2M exit values, I would consider $100k to be average to light in rehab.I just did a $50k rehab on a $550k exit and it was a regular, average rehab.Based on your averages, you would have estimated this as a tear down.In summary, don't rely on averages and dig into details concerning rehab estimates.

As for getting into financial planning, we're not getting into anything that isn't talked about on the site regularly already.

I speak at the FIBI in Manhattan Beach March 11, and regularly attend Investclub in Studio City on the third Tuesdays of each month.