If you are both not fully on board, your spouse will resent you because this was not his/her idea and you are still living on concrete floors or sharing 1 bathroom, etc. - just the inconvenienced existence of fixing up one project at a time.

The local who lives there but commutes 30-60 min to another community because they can’t find a job to support their family in their town.That same local knows that a 4plex would be great on that lot that’s been vacant for 20 years and that there are at least 4 families who could benefit greatly from that development.That local knows that Ryan’s plumbing and Katie’s electrical companies that service 75% of the town really needs a new flex space to use as a shop, storage, and parking for their business so that they aren’t working out of their garage and can hire a couple of locals to work with them at the office and in the field.Development is different in our small towns but if locals aren’t the ones doing it, and developers aren’t coming, what happens to our kids futures?

Destroying the house calling board of health for tenant damages and literally every little thing creates huge expenses.

Working in a busy property management company, I'm often asked for advice on camera and alarm systems, and in rougher neighborhoods sometimes it can be a toss-up on whether to keep a property boarded-up between showings. 

As stated on their gov website: “FHFA is responsible for the overall management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and has informed the Enterprises which decision-making functions should be performed by the Enterprises' boards of directors and/or management teams.

And as a young kid I spent my summers with my grandparents.. they had a cabin on Lake Poygan.. by Winneconne . fond memories..

I currently work with investors who are looking to invest SFH/LTR that are turn-key ready and manage for them on the back end, so I see a lot of benefits in that market across the board. 

.: they added cost to board up fireplace but the house doesn't have one)- Make sure to verify if all the work is complete as agreed.

Kidding man.I have a 10-Unit that I'm placing tenants in now so I suspect the same diligence will be coming my way. 

they are kidding themselves one needs to punch in 50% to 55% of gross cash flow for expenses then deduct your mortgage payments.. anything less than that will not play out over the years.