For example, some cities have started capping the number of short-term rentals allowed, while certain HOAs impose fees that can significantly cut into your margins.For out-of-state investments, having a trustworthy property management team that understands local laws and has good relationships with HOAs can make all the difference.

If the FED ever cuts rates, which they may not be able to if GDP growth stays so high, then you can sell the BDCs before they fall too much?

Reality of it is if you want to profit typically you need to make a business out of it and only approx 5% of people are actually cut out for handling the operations of a business - this is why you see so many so called “tire kickers” but most of the gurus don’t care and they know right from the start 99% of the time which trainees have a chance to succeed or not but that doesn’t stop them from taking peoples $.

Quote from @Arkadiy Iliyayev: Thanks for the reply Jake, I really appreciate itIf you cut Brownsville in four pieces using the interstate to divide east and west and Ruben Torres to divide north and south, you'd be safe buying basically anything north of Ruben Torres with the notable exception of Cameron Park.

Also, they have drastically reduced their audits the past several years due to significant manpower cuts.

The tenant asked if he could paint the backyard patio and driveway (we have a rear entrance for cars from the alley). I said yes, and he mentioned that he would deduct the cost from the rent. I replied, asking him to ...

We paid to have someone cut and paste our information into online credit card applications (they applied for 10 cards in total), and then to have instructions on how to liquidate our funds emailed to us.

We work hard cut costs as much as possible, everywhere that we can. 

We will cut them loose if we have to, but I think the old landlord just made it too easy for them.  

I was considering going into real estate investing because I would like to cut out the middle man ( the broker that is) lol and have some diversity with my license, not just helping people buy and sell houses.