The thing you must recognize is that major issues like this present opportunities as it scares the beginners and even some pros away.

All the things I want to know seem to be things based on experience i.e. recognizing good contractors and being able to look at a property and size it up.

Vegas, even though very hot in the summer, does not have a big drop in the summer because people come for the shows, glitz, gambling. 

If you do that though you can't actually take out any of the cashflow...because the problem with CapEx is that it doesn't actually cost just 8% of your rent. when it come it comes big and heavy, so you'll need to be able to build up to having that reserve account...some people like to gamble and will take it out...I personally don't recommend taking cashflows from your real estate until you're much further along with much larger reserves.

The manager said she though the name was familiar and when she met him she immediately recognized him (confirming her suspicion that remembering the name was a bad sign) .

Once you do a few and get comfortable recognizing potential issues no.

I saw another in Allston list at $2.3M and in JP at $1.8M.The rents you would have to get in these places would probably be enough to pay for a mortgage on a 4,000 sq ft home on the south shore - and you could probably get an ocean view too.The only thing that would make me invest in Boston at this point would be a GAMBLE (horrible idea) on Amazon HQ2 locating here.

If you are having trouble getting a loan now, I would definitely not recommend getting in to a situation where you owe a hard money lender a balloon in eight months, that sounds like a HUGE gamble.

If you can get the numbers into a "tel:" link format Skype can also recognize it for click-to-call.

For me, constantly watching and moving investments is gambling...