I advise that you have a few months worth of the mortgage payment put into savings before buying, so that you can cover the payments if there are any delays in getting a renter moved in.

@Sean Ploskina  Just looking through some old posts in the hampton roads area and noticed no one answered this one, Are you still looking for advise on selling your properties.

Usually the utility company has a budget billing program , advise the tenants that budget billing will spread the higher cost of winter heating over the course of the year

I may advise somewhat, pointing a seller in the right direction.

Not sure what else to advise at this point.

@Geoff Miller - If you plan to buy or sell on the MLS, I advise you to go ahead and become a Realtor.

Three times now, I have reached out for advise and ended up-the person on the other end of the phone just wanted me to sign up doing business with their help and they only need 1/2 of the profit from each sale to "help" me.

In today's world, any business would like to go ahead and reap success not only monetary wise but also brand wise.

And dawn, thanks for the advise.

I have my first deal in the works and need advise on how I should structure the deal.