My name is Paul Hearn, and I am a new real estate agent in the Memphis area with a burning desire to work with investors that are wanting to grow their portfolios in Memphis and the surrounding areas.

And your net worth will thank you.If you still want to go ahead, you'd be better off buying a house than an apartment because, while the value of the building itself will go to 0, you'll still have the value of the land, bearing in mind that the land might actually lose value too given the depopulation and the yen depreciation.Sorry if I'm pooping a party but make sure you understand what you're getting into (which you're already doing by asking the forum) and then make the decision that's right for you according to your objectives.

Sounds like strategy call would make most sense to see what your goals are with REI and being an agent to determine if the organization I represent aligns with the direction you are looking to go. 

If you have no desire or ability to go to your own hundreds of thousands dollar investment, why even deal with it?

There’s a lot to go through on this site if you have any tips or forums that you find to be really helpful let me know. 

Repeat as desired.

I also never had to worry about vacancies: if you own a desirable property, you will always have people lined up to rent from you.

As long as you are getting your desired amount of cash flow after all of the expense then it should be good.

You're local to me.There's a couple ways to go at this ;If you're looking to save some money you can have your plumber install sub-meters after the individual meters.

How long did it take to go full time?