Following the shiny object, throwing money at a market you don't know well, and blindly trusting strangers that have a clear profit motive put you in a poor position to succeed regardless of where you choose to invest.

You need to understand your lease fully and follow it 100%. 

This was the standard procedure we had been following, and after the inspection there is a net14 payment that is, the payment will drop within two weeks if it passed inspection.

When my company screens a tenant we use the following:1.

Update to anyone following this thread. 

He's seen me grow to four units (3 properties) and I'm thinking, there's gotta be a guide or book that would help him just follow step-by-step how to rent out his existing property and buy a new one.

For example:Second, under their "About us" link, click on "Management" and you'll see a "Meet the Team" page where there's the following photo/info for this James LaPushner fellow you mentioned (which says he was born in New Zealand):However, if you do a reverse Google image search on this photo, you'll find that it's posted on several other sites, including this one: https://planetaseminarov.ru/people/konstantin-baksht.htmlHere's a photo of him from this page:This page is written in Russian, but if you translate it, it says his name is Konstantin Baksht, he lives in Moscow Russia, and he is the owner and CEO of the international consulting company Baksht Consulting Group. 

Some items typically needed to qualify for the loan are the following: 1.

I think I'll follow several members advice and sell them both. 

First I follow the law , it allows me 1/3 down .