All Forum Posts by: Elizabeth Colegrove

Never too late to start! Look forward to seeing you around!

 There is a military Facebook group that is dedicated to military landlords. I will pm you the information as to follow the BP rules..

Yup, that has been our strategy. We own 8 houses and my husband is active duty. Our plan is to buy at every place that makes sense. In addition we invest my income into rental properties. It is our goal to early retire off the cash flow from the properties and the husband pension (god/navy willing). While it has had its moments being a landlord, financially it has been beyond financially beneficially for us.

Welcome!

My husband is active duty military and we own 8 houses. we love this world as its a great way to continue investing on limited funds. WE got started with primary, renting the houses out when we left. 

Look forward to seeing you around.

 Feel free to pm me. I am happy to help if I can.

@Brianne Frey we have 5 houses in CA , 2 in SC and 1 in Virginia. So none in TX or SC. 

 No I self manage all of our properties. I have a  18 page lease that is very specific on my expectations and I hold my tenants feet to the fire. I buy in areas where I attract professionals, so they show the house for me and than I fly in to do the exchange. I put together a step by step post on how I manage my houses from anywhere. PM and I can share the link. Its had many moments but overall been beyond financial beneficial for us.

 Thank you! I actually already have a book on lease management, and am working on one right now about how to self manage from anywhere. I do write about our story at reluctantlandlord (the net not the com lol) and am pretty active in the military landlords forums, along with here. So I try to share , help out and pay it forward whenever possible. 

 Thank you I appreciate it! I am already on to my next projects, my poor husband. More time means more the ability to try crazy things in the real estate world!

 Can I just say how awesome it was that we both posted about our freedom the same week! I remember talking about our dreams and plans over the past couple of years. Pretty cool to be able to celebrate together.