I'm a single mom of three teens with no real retirement savings, no way to help them with college, no legacy to leave for them, but I'm here to change all of that!

Despite the cash flow seeming "sexy" your capital expenditures can eat away your profits and you will typically experience more tenant issues here than most other properties.

Knowledge & experience are key.Reducing your expenses is generally one of the easiest ways to get to your freedom number (or reduce your freedom number) but it is not a sexy answer.

I had thought of going East towards Conway (boy has that changed since I was a teen!)

From the investor-buyer end that would be something I would appreciate and most assuredly give repeat business.I hope to find a someone like you when I get into flipping or just in need of a contractor when I buy to hold but the property needs some work.Thank you Daria, I appreciate the feedback... given the dusting of snow on the ground this morning coupled with sub-teen temperatures, someone like me is thinking about moving somewhere like there!

It may not be sexy, but the returns can be great.

While returns would vary by market, they would generally be in the mid- to high teens over the duration of the holding period, with the profit from home price appreciation.Blackstone Group LP (BX), the largest investor in single-family rentals, has spent $4.5 billion to amass more than 26,000 homes and continues to buy, according to Eric Elder, a spokesman for Invitation Homes, the rental housing division of the world’s largest private equity firm.Blackstone’s net yields on its occupied houses are about 6 percent to 6.5 percent, Jonathan Gray, the firm’s global head of real estate, said during a May 3 conference call with investors.

Carrington is a mid teen cap player.

Flips are sexy.

I find that so many investors love to say they have 80 or 150 MF doors...it's sexy and impressive.