Buy a duplex, a triplex, a fourplex, live in one of the units, rent out the other(s).33% of the typical American household's expenses are tied up paying for their housing.

How do you tell the difference between the authors that know what they are talking about vs the ones that don’t or just don’t want to put the effort in to writing a comprehensive book on the subject and just give useless philosophical ideas that haven’t been tested?

Doing it poorly will make you not want to get up in the morning, and most landlords do it very poorly.Rather than trying to source and then assemble all the key components of a comprehensive and bulletproof property management system (e.g., lease management, repair management, payment processing, lease renewal management, etc.), find someone who already does that and then let them do their job.That way, you can focus on your job: finding great deals!

I love the idea of a comprehensive “new tenant handbook” and will definitely implement that with future tenants.

Median household income is $89k,  so housing is only 3.8 times the income.

However, while I've spent the time educating myself, there's one topic that still confuses me, and I was hoping the BP community could provide a comprehensive explanation.

Rental Property Investing focuses only on rental properties and is a comprehensive overview of investing in that particular field.As for The Book on Tax Strategies, there are no current plans to revise the original book, but Amanda Han recently wrote a new bonus chapter (and a video!) 

My understanding of a TAW agreement is that the advantage is that it does not have an ending date therefore it may be terminated at anytime with proper notice by either the tenant or the landlord.There is a good book called:"The Successful Landlord" A Comprehensive Guide to the Rights and Responsibilities of Owning and Managing Rental Property in Massachusetts.

The goal isn't comprehension at this point.2.

The home I'm analyzing now is 1235 Plantation Dr, Dickinson, Tx 77539 (Last time I tried to link to something it didn't work so I apologize if this one doesn't either) What I'll be looking for when I'm actually in the market is something cheaper (hopefully with built in equity) with a mother in law suite that I can live in while I rent out the main household.