I have some spare time to listen to a podcast today, do you have any suggestions?

As a rule of thumb: working with a previously good tenant is fine, done sparingly, but never ever ever a thousand times never fail to start the eviction process before the 25th of the month no matter what their excuse is. 

It's an older book, but I really liked "How I turned $1,000 dollars into $5,000,000 in real estate in my spare time" by William Nickerson.

I completed the paperwork despite having the internet machine eat my credit card (a serious meltdown moment).We grabbed a cab and made it back up town with 10 min to spare before my friends band came on.The next day I was informed the deal was done and we took it down!

You can find it for a ~$1/ft and if the tenant damages an area of it it's super cheap to take some spare planks and replace the damage.

I'd like to find something that's gentrifying and I'd like something in the $600,000 range.I'm planning on getting a FHA loan, by the way.Is there anyone out there who has been in the same boat and has some wisdom to spare?

Deal #2 seems like a good deal.It meets the 2% rule and 50% rule with room to spare.

J Scott I think you just spared me from major pain and embarrassment!

It's listed as a triplex; however, the unit upstairs has a spare bedroom across the hall.

When we were visiting in 2010 I met with several young kids who had bought homes & then rented their spare rooms to cover the very high cost of home buying entry.good luck ...