Use your earned income to then stockpile cash for any dips in market or opportunities that might come up, you'll prob need it for fixing those quads.  

The owner personally owns a similar property very nearby so is intimately familiar with the submarket.  

I know he pulled back from that but I think they manage all of their units with some VA's or actual employees now.Also the Best way to get into it is too meet people join us at one of the many networking events in the area, you can find some on the events page here on BP or just log into Meetup and search for nearby Real Estate Investing,

The home is in like c-class neighborhood, not much good schools nearby, more industrial area.  

Rougher part of town but with a huge 1 billion development starting in 1 year near by.

Supposing that they still have inspection reports, the project should be nearly done (which I have heard from friends who live nearby.)

The high school was nearby, desirable and many move-ins were related to this fact. 

The best thing I've found is going on the county auditors page and searching the street your potential property is located on as well as a few nearby and identifying sales in the past 6 months.

There are 2 national parks (Canyonlands and Arches) nearby and very much a "small town" feeling.

The rest of the year, we rent it for longer periods (mostly per month) thanks to the nearby English schools.We are currently living in Malta and spending most of our time in Malta and Europe in general.I am looking forward to connecting with you :)CheersPauline