i also help with the set up, hosting and finding cleaners  I make it a one stop shop and the process makes it seamless and a sure thing with making money and keeping costs down.  

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

I wasn’t prepared to lose so much of my savings as carrying cost basically I paid for the tenants to live there for 3 months + my own living expenses in that time.

A few other methods cost some money but is usually just throwing away small amounts at a time. 

We are seeing people move from higher cost of living areas like Raleigh, Durham, chapel hill, and even Greensboro.   

They’re a fraction of the cost and packed with valuable insights.

It was just an offer (costs extra) through a local lender I used!

It cost us more money than we would have liked to have spent, but we were able to put a house on the market that we were proud of.

Credit cards have the same limitation on the amount you can borrow and will likely end up costing more than private lenders.

Eastmoor and whitehall are good too because of newer home ages after 1940 where you don't have knob and tube wiring and some of the other issues. don't be afraid to look at new construction or ground up new builds closer to downtown. rentals are overpriced in these areas but build costs are low and it can be a good strategy