Originally posted by @Charles Carillo:A perfect example of why you should have ample reserves when investing into real estate.How can landlords plan for a year plus of Politician backed anti landlords bills?  

As to "sodomite" and any (reprehensible) anti-gay attitude, I would hope that would be a huge negative to a judge but I don't know where you live.

Check out New York state’s “anti airBnb law” if you haven’t already.

I can give you all the pro-PM anti-Self Managed stuff you want, just like plenty of people can do the opposite.It really comes down to the type of investor you want to be.

If the agent were to make no improvements to the property and try to resell it there are 2 major problems I see. 1) They likely would have mislead the initial seller as to the value of their property. 2) This would likely violate HUDs anti flipping rule.

But pay close attention to overseas anti money laundering situations, the contacts you make from school will probably know more specifically.

A common number I hear is to at least cash flow $100/month/door but that doesn't tell you anything if you don't know how much the initial cash outlay is.I also know a lot of people here are anti-stock market so they're happy with anything that beats a savings account which is not the case for me.

.- Make sure that owner-occupants understand that adopting anti-investor type of policies know that in down times in the market (e.g. when they may really want or need to get out) this can hurt them significantly since condos and the like may already less desirable investments and blocking investors from making offers may hold down values.  

Seattle keeps passing anti-landlord pro-tenant laws and appears to be the biggest opponent of successful real-estate investors in the country currently.  

With the incoming attorney general being very anti-Marijuana, expect federal law in this area to once again be enforced.