Outside of real estate, I've been playing (ice/roller) hockey for 25 years.

Your rental properties will provide you cash-flow, amortization, incredible depreciation tax benefits, and last but not least potential appreciation (icing on the cake).Both can be considered passive investments, but that's the advice we usually give our clients when they are trying to make a decision between the two.

Under the kitchen sink and lav sink.Check all the blinds.Wash window draperies.Pest control the inside and outside.Touch up painting.Check all hoses replace hoses if necessary, turn on and off all stop valves, replace with new quarter turn if necessary.Garbage disposer gets a thorough clean - ice, vinegar, hot water, bleach.replace AC filter.WD40 every door hinge.Recaulk exterior door jamb if necessary.New light bulbs where needed.New backup battery for smoke alarm.No carpet cleaning, all my properties are tiled porcelain or natural stone.Inventory of hurricane panels and hardware.I keep an inventory of drawer pulls that is needed for each property and buy enough when there is a clearance sale.

Wasn't speaking about being a certified flight instructor for example.After notice is given to any owner of foreclosure anyone appoarching them with any method to cure or stop that process is treading on thin ice.

The rest is icing!

Also they tend to shed snow cleanly as compared to shingles which might 'weep' the melting snow, re freeze, and then create an Ice Dam which can do damage to not only the siding, but to the insulation and ceilings.

Time to break the Ice and create my intro post.  

I'm in car shows and car clubs, but I believe I should trade my car in for a cheap ice up truck so I can save money faster for my first investment property.

There’s ice and snow everywhere.

I like my properties going up, I just don't care for 'hockey stick' graphs.  ;-)The thing I am seeing is no 'starter' (3/2, 1 story) homes are being built.