Back in my day, if you missed a payment (which as an investor I never did), the loan servicer would just start foreclosure proceedings as soon as possible.

I give her the monthly schedule a few days before the start of the month and she guarantees the unit will be cleaned in the window between check-outs and check-ins.

As soon as we had the money saved and the opportunity presented itself, we jumped on the chance to start this journey!

I recently retired from the military and now I am ready to start Chapter 2.

I ended up getting about $20k back at closing (on a purchase) and used that to start my renovations on the vacant units.

We want to start looking for another duplex but need advice on what to do.

I live in Southern California and want to start investing in property and grow that, I only have $30k-$40k what are my best options?

I’m a  new landlord so I don’t know where to start. 

I'd start by having a realtor walk through it with you and determine how much things would cost to do and what it would add to the value of the home. 

I do plan on investing by next year 2025, but I do want to increase my knowledge a little bit more and possibly find a mentor and work with one just to get my feet through the door, and start investing by next year.