I bet they are pounding on this guy hard to. 

Studies have shown that the longer a poorly paying or non payment tenant stays in a property, the greater the chance they do purposeful significant damage to the property.  

I bet Maine is GORGEOUS!!

My first station was in Kings Bay Georgia, where I picked up the book Rich Dad, poor Dad, which kick started my real estate career.

I'm in the union on long island so I have a decent W2 job to help get started, I think a house hack would be my best bet starting out but, what do you guys think?

My belief is that all this leads investors to take mediocre or poor deals, some of which will go bad in a deep 1980s type recession - should we ever see one again.  

Both brothers were retiring, and one was in very poor health.

everything is decent, but they have very poor customer service 

Don't forget to inspect at least once a year and never renew a tenant that performs poorly the previous year.

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