As great as working with someone close to you is it can also turn ugly once finances come into play. The

If you do decide to take the risk and play the S-corp game - do not mix it with the investing LLC.

It's still block by block so you'd want to be careful and do your research but might be an area to scratch and sniff if you want to play the appreciation game. 

Unfortunately, in student housing, you often have to play the role of "parent" as well as "roommate mediator."

I think a lot of people tend to choose turn-key rentals in other states than California because they take less cash to play the game.

I Want To Play The Long Game Of Buy And Hold...

So now I had two projects instead of one and a lot of money in play.  The

All loan officers know this but many play the game of "what the client wants to hear" and give the client fluff (unfounded bad info on what they can do) because they hope by doing so you will call them when you are emotionally ready to apply.The good news is that the credit bureau’s recognize that you may need more than one lender to look at your credit when getting a home loan and they do not penalize you more than once for this shopping for a mortgage in a 30 day window.

I don't play the 1 out of 100 game. 

The eviction took us 7 months because we live in California, and tenants can basically go online and find a playbook to extend an eviction indefinitely and there's very little you can do if they know how to play the game.