one thing about selling personal resi is its tax free so that is good income the best actually.no debt will give you monster fico and make it much easier to borrow that's good.keep in mind as you stack rentals and debt your fico will go down.consumer debt if not needed for business in my mind should be paid off.. 

You might think pets are BIG HAIRY MONSTERS when in reality, tenants have more of a chance of becoming one.  

What attracts most people to Las Vegas (and other metros) is jobs.In a study I did in January, I looked at two major job sites (Monster and Glass Door) for the number of open jobs in Las Vegas.

I want to hear from the MONSTERS in this business how to do it!

You talk to a robot and get told to submit an offer, no verbals or negotiations prior.

These aren’t programmed robots -People suck and will let you down it’s part of life .

There's no better or worse, it depends on goals etc.If you want cashflow next month, you buy a dumpy little $100k place in a midwest warzone with a monster cap rate and nominal cashflow.

single family, self manage, full time job as well.  2 monsters, I mean kids,  under 5 yrs old. 

I'm very glad you are planning on using PM software- such a monster help to you, tenants, books/CPA, etc. 

Today2008:90 months of inventory90% of homes in Las Vegas were underwater.The number of available jobs plummeted leaving a significant percentage without work.About all that was on the market were REO properties and short sales.Today:2.4 months of inventory and falling.Only a small percentage of Las Vegas properties purchased in 2022 or later are underwater.According to Monster and Glass Door, there are between 26,000 and 31,000 open jobs.The current number of distressed single-family homes (06/28/2023):Bank Owned (REO): 12Short Sale: 10Foreclosure Stated: 13I see no comparison between 2008 and today.What are we seeing in the property segment we target?