Quote from @Min Zhang: Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Columbus.

Clearly identify what you want to achieve in real estate and use that as a guiding force throughout your journey.

So, again, why wouldn't the landlord want additional coverage from the tenant's policy?

Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I decided to put much of what I had learned from books into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home—not as a traditional investment property, but as a home for my mother.

You really have to devote yourself to making it work, and it helps if you have a genuine interest in this business aside from money.

Quote from @Max Pergament: Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones:Licensed and insured to manage third-party properties. 

Learning how to responsibly use debt is one of the best tools any real estate investor has at their disposal.

All of this from an investment of next to nothing.Take what you will from this post, if anything.

Quote from @Brad Kremer: Hi everyone,I own a cash-flowing duplex in Austin, TX, that I bought 8 years ago when rates were considerably lower than they are today.

I love the more detailed analysis but I'm overwhelmed.