The housing market could crash again, but you would be in a position to ride it out if your properties were generating positive cash-flow.

I started investing in 2012 and distinctly remember my first purchase (thought I was going to puke), then when it was rented (thought I had won the lottery) then after about 2 months of collecting rent, remember wanting to ride that rollercoaster again.Good luck!

We really want to make our first property very successful so we can ride that surge of success and excitement into the next one and next one and next one...I have to say, BP has been a very welcoming place.

Heck I even check the cars to see if they are maintained, not maintained, have different color panels, riding in spare tires, etc.

It is a quick train ride for me.

But a few things I normally do that have worked is ride around and find "for rent" signs and call those people up.

Personally no, I invest in FL the possible extra insurance costs are just a part of my cash flow analysis.I think you'll find that there is no such thing as a disaster free area.NE- Ice storms, flooding and as we saw recently hurricanes.SE- Hurricanes, hail, windMidwest-Hail, tornado, floodSW- Floods, earthquakeNW- Ice, snow, earthquakeObviously those all can happen in any of the other areas those are just kind of the off the top of my head disasters I would think of for each of those areas.

We are also taking lots of rides and trying to determine which neighborhood we want to start in.

I am actively seeking out partners to help me begin what I already know will be an amazing ride in the real estate investment world.

You know you're an investor when you ride up to view a property and you're counting the parking spaces before you go in the house.