Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Tuscaloosa.

I'm ready to move on and find someone who can help me grow my RE portfolio.

What you pay with labor will depend on if for instance one of my units still has a good pad and tack and strip then I just pay for carpet and installation cost.What you will pay will also depend on how much you are installing at one time.I don't like Berber for rentals.The design of the loop once it starts unraveling it can unwind pretty good an dis harder to get certain stains and pet stuff out of it.With carpet you want a Nylon carpet even if the cheaper version.Some carpet guys will try to sell you the rubber composite carpet stuff which is the really cheap stuff so it will stand up to tenant abuse.The problem is it can only be cleaned usually up to one time and then you need to replace it again.So I would rather get a cheaper nylon that can be re-cleaned many times over after installation for an additional .10 to .15 a sq ft extra than the super cheap stuff I will have to replace again.If you get 1 sq ft for carpet,pad,tack and strip,and labor install and it is Nylon you are getting one heck of a deal.Even at a carpet place usually you are at .40 to .50 for the pad and .50 to .60 for a cheap carpet.Then you have to do material to install and labor.I have seen sometimes if you have to do a small area you can pick up quality remnant pieces for real cheap and hit that type of number or buy in bulk.

After years of service, I'm diving into my second career focused on real estate investment, I have a particular interest in flips and short term rentals.I'm also a licensed real estate agent in Washington and have a strong drive to succeed in this field.

There is definitely more options for investing opportunities on the open market than on the land bank. 

I have some liquid cash in my U.S. bank account and would like to start investing in real estate.

On that note, I'm also wondering if I'd be violating anything in my current loan (30 yr, fixed rate conventional financing on 2-4 unit investment property).

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

My investment properties are easy to claim taxes on since they are 100% investments.Do you subtract the room square footage you live in and claim the rest as investment?

I sold it to move to FL and focus full time on RE.