Don’t do like half the dopes do on here .. brag about cashing in your 401k to buy a 250,000$ single family home  that cash flows $73 a month ... then a month later post in the landlording section about how the tenant trashed the place is selling crack and won’t leave so  now your broke . 

some contracts have a fee that says if u dont close on said closing date, it XX amount per day u til you close. you could also just say u broke the contract, keep the EM and DD and relist it.

I own a single family with four girls renting it out.

Getting ready to sell a rental, and realized how much I forgot about doing a big painting job. 1/4 of the way through I broke down and shelled out for a 18-inch rollar and big painting tray.

(was an ambitious college sophomore studying finance in '09 when all hell broke loose) and am wary of trapped capital, I recognize the merits of having exposure to a less volatile asset class.

Maybe he says he's broke on social security.

Just the other day I saw a thread with investors piling on a Turnkey provider because somebody broke into the investors house while it was vacant.

I feel like her son probably fell on it and broke it.

Of course, I worry about college costs in 3 years when my girls finish high school.

What would be ideal is a small single family residence, maybe even a mobile home we could rent, with a small yard for the girls.