But I went downtown and had an extremely difficult time reconciling what I was experiencing with my pre-conceived views.

It would be an extreme high/low strategy.

I have been extremely satisfied with the way all the deals have progressed so far.  

Our next door neighbor is deceased, according to property records and we always thought the property is vacant but someone showed up and started throwing bricks at the new sliding door we installed, my workers heard the loud noise and went to check and they claim to see a weapon on his hand and fled the property. 

The number of subto deals is extremely low (far less than 1%). 

So it's just extremely unlikely that you'll be able to generate a return that would justify paying the taxes in 1 or offsetting the interest you'd pay in 3.If you save up and buy a traditional LTR at or above the median price, you'll likely be break even or negative. 

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Extremely knowledgable and no pie in the sky fluff.

the biggest indication of a investor failing in real estate is not having enough reserves to get through the rainy seasons of the investment where as people who can get through over a long period of time do extremely well.

Implementing a solid skip tracing strategy into your marketing mix can be extremely valuable.