No surprise, this, along with job growth (HP is a large employer) forces prices to stay high as demand creeps up too.

When it comes to being a real estate professional, it actually doesn’t have anything to do with your job title or profession.

Respect their time by giving them the information they need to include or exclude your listing quickly, and then earn their respect by answering all correspondence quickly.Making life easier for the frazzled person trying to do their job is its own reward.

Whether you like it or not this is actual currency and by the seconds of time valued in actual US dollars with US cash dispensing ATMs etc...It has been mostly an Asian deal so far...We can speculate if the new tech is fully adopted by Americans what that could mean for the future.

@Jeffrey Evans$1000 to find a deal I agree - there are tons of syndications and funds available for real estate investors today since jobs act that you can invest in and do your own research on.

Depending on the lender and program your biggest hurdles might be credit score and income and time in job. 

They could have had better affiliates who do a better job on a turnkey property.ofcourse you are right that I could have done my proper due diligence which I did.

If real estate investors perform these tasks consistently, you make the plaintiff's attorneys job far easier because again they are chasing insurance proceeds and you are handing that over on a silver platter in a way where they are far less likely to care about you personally.What a great answer! 

Here are the numbers:Purchase price: 300k @5.5% (might be able to negotiate new exterior paint job credit)Monthly costs: mortgage- 1703 tax-245 (2933/yr) insurance- 167Market rents are 1600$ easy for both sides as is but currently being rented at 1410 and 1325 tenets pay all utilities (separately metered)Planning on putting aside 20% of rents for Maint, vacancy, capex and will be self managing property.

I don't have a great job, but its not bad.