With $150K, I could easily put together a portfolio of 6 rent properties from deals I see every week, including last week.Just get started.

Was something mitigating the noise at that time that you could use now?

We ran it past our real estate agent and lender — but I'm all for shoring up.

My partner and I have ~20 doors in Columbus OH, and we are interested to expand our portfolio to Cleveland, including around Lorain and Euclid.

But if I sold today I likely would lose atleast 10k.Would it be feasible to just relocate for the job and rent the house for the time being and see what happens?

Jonathan Having worked most of those markets (Detroit included), I'd say most all of them will offer investors a very similar return.

Our key amenity highlights include an easy to use gas fire pit and Seattle Mariners themed corn hole.

But we also do occasional drive-byes and annual inspections to see how the tenants are caring for it and hopefully catch anything that is potentially damaging before it gets real bad.Some of our clients prefer to pay for the lawn care and we charge a lawn care fee to the tenants.

"I know far too many people who regret selling real estate looking back 20 years, but I've yet to come across one who regrets keeping it."

In my firm, you would probably pay around $3,500 for this tax preparation, including Form 3115.