We advise using Mortgage Brokers since they have much more flexibility than banks and can draw from hundreds of lenders with varying requirements.

A successful investor's time may be worth hundreds of dollars per hour.

It works with a few hundred dollars a month or hundred of thousand of dollars a year.

With now hundred's of members all over the US and thousands of meaty comments it's really a tight nit community and we'd love to have you.If you want to see what others have done, go to YouTube and search Flip2Freedom and you'll see a ton of REAL success stories.

They typically have access to hundreds of companies' rates and loan programs and can provide some programs you may have never even knew existed.I'd love to connect and talk sometime!

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.

There are other funds etc. you can invest in that are also passive, that provide better returns than vanguard but again, they have risk involved and is a few hundred extra bucks a month worth the risk?

Should only be a few hundred dollars and worth every penny IMO.My last lease, which I thought was pretty up to date, didn't' allow me to recover attorney fees for an eviction, only the past due rent. 

An accident by way of DINKs and soccer moms buying in low cost areas and putting in a couple hundred grand all new high tech wanting to be close to the center of town.

Keep in mind some of those Southern churches are very wealthy and those running it are driving top end cars  50k rolex and wifes decked out in hundreds of thousands of Nice personal jewelry this is what I saw when I worked MS TN and AL.. those Pastors were quite wealthy.