so many people screw themselves in this world by not knowing what they are getting involved in.

So yeah, having said all that, when I start expanding my landlord game, I will be breed/size specific and depending on "familiar status" probably none at all (I may not (and would not) be able to discriminate against kids, but I will discriminate against pets if kids are involved).

There is a vacant property in my neighborhood that I have had my eye on for a while.

The lack of attention the "guy with the job" is paying to his finances is not something to admire or to which anyone should aspire.Federal Income TaxState Income TaxProperty TaxSchool TaxTrash TaxEarned Income TaxPayroll TaxSales TaxTransfer TaxFederal Gas TaxState Gas TaxHaving to sit down and write a check for any/all of them SHOULD be an eye opener and get you steamed.

There's hardly any work involved--you [short sale negotiator] are doing all the work, aren't you?

I am direct to a resource, but he only gets involved with short term, commercial/corporate scale lending needs (10MM to 600MM).Regards,KWS

You'll find some great threads to get involved in and you'll make some great contributions as well.

I've been involved with several smaller multifamily projects leasing to section 8 tenants and have been pleasantly surprised.

I am about to get involved with the investors groups which hopefully will help me out to learn more and do a deal.Also when I was looking at houses I started to wonder if there was a maximum amount of money that I should put into a house to fix it up say 30k and if the house needs more to just move on to the next one?

The landlord is currently trying to sell the place instead of lease it out again and he refuses to provide receipts for the work involved claiming it was payment for his time.