Not my style – Some landlords believe requiring tenants to bring appliances keeps them in place longer, but I’m not a fan of that mindset.Early on, I tried supplying used appliances to strike a balance, but every single one broke within two years.

Purchase price: $28,500 Cash invested: $178,000 Sale price: $250,000 Bought a 3 unit riddled with drugs or prostitutes from the city at the tax auction, spent a year gutting and consolidating all three units in two structures to a single-family home with an exterior side entry garage.

Current situation I have a primary residence in MA and a SFH home LTR in Akron currently on a 1 year lease.

Going on the first face to face with a seller in years, even after getting 2 deals to the table, this one was tough.Stating the obvious, there is no replacing "the number" but I literally didn't have it in me to say it at that moment.

No problem, though—I can get close to $100K saved by the end of the year, so I’ll be in a much stronger position.My question is, is there a specific number I should be striving for that would put me in a good position to invest in real estate?

We were considering averaging the utilities over the past year for the property and charging that average as a flat fee for the tenants.

I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7.

I've been using the app for several years; each time I get a new iPhone I redownload it and it works great.  

@Collin Stewart I love house hacking and have been doing so for almost 30 years now.

If you do this once a year for 10 years, you will be very rich when you are old.