As I'm completing marketing campaigns, receiving phone calls and/or text messages I'm getting phone calls in which it's expected that I know who they are based on their name or their address. Unfortunately, I'm not th...

Even that won't matter on this post  but it will lead to folliw questions during the interview.However, fix and flip income is generally ordinary income; and when you buy and hold depending on how long you held it for the income is generally capital gains.Much success.Bob

This is such a broad question, but the mistakes that lead to the worst outcome were poor tenant screening for my rentals and even air BNB's. 

We've worked on generating multiple lead sources that are now coming to fruition. 

This leads to the discussion of should you vs do you need to put it in the LLC and for that answer you won't get one here. 

Hey Grant,It seems like you are doing the work to get a bunch of leads. 

With the average lead time for bookings fluctuating between 30-60 days, keeping in this range kept everything about 75-85% booked. 

@Joe Splitrock I actually just starting reading The Book on Managing Rental properties, and thats what lead to my question..Haha I probably should’ve checked my Table of contents first! 

There is more lead way going the conventional route. 

I got cold feet after the inspection revealed issues in the bottom unit including the 2 gas space heaters not functioning (going into winter), the flooring caving into a sinkhole in the kitchen without the ability to determine cause, and all the drains outside leading to the sewer were collapsed causing fear of flooding.