I'll definitely keep you all updated on my progress.

Need to keep it for at least another year (lease) and then re-evaluate.

Evaluate rates and terms, if they won't negotiate, I suggest, with your experience you walk, they may call you back with a new investor they found.

I plan on making some spreadsheets so I can just plug in all the answers when I'm evaluating future properties (PM agreement, status of major home components/maintenance etc) so I can streamline it.

I have been doing real estate as a retirement strategy off and on for about 20 years on a very small scale. My only form of investing was a small company with other investors doing buy and hold. Last year I had an o...

When I was evaluating an area, I'd drive up and down every street.

Make sure you have correct comps and repair estimates to evaluate the deal.

He said if he goes there and issues a report the other guy can sue him saying that he was already working on it and the work wasn't done yet so how can he evaluate.

It's nice to know what the estimates are so you can correctly evaluate a properties potential profit margin even before you speak to a buyer.When you go out of the way for your end buyers you create rapport with them so they would want to purchase more property from you.

I do know they have bought a few stinkers for way to much and this makes me wonder how they evaluate their deals.