The one downside is that population loss is a warning sign...if you are a long-term investor you could lose tens of thousands in appreciation...but you still have debt paydown and equity build...and once that 6-unit is paid off and fully occupied the number will be dreamy.I think the more important question is the strength of your team...mainly your property manager.One thing you should consider is working with housing choice voucher tenants...my city is 80,000 units short of demand right now...this trend is growing across the country quickly....a waitlist for tenants paying market rents can be a very good thing in a declining city

Video monitoring can proactively prevent these problems with a brief verbal warning to the owner.

Actually I left South Lake Tahoe with my mother just a few hours before we got the evacuation warning and a day before it became mandatory because I knew the wind was shifting and the air was getting so bad.

If you could go back to your younger selves(if you're older than me), is there a piece of advice or warning you might give to help steer yourself in a better direction?

If they bend one rule, they will bend more.This is a potential warning sign of a tenant willing to do whatever they want.

They both warn against making a purchase decision based on the estimates.My point in posting was to make sure that I was keeping the expenses/debt service costs straight.

I will warn you that tax sale in MD is very competitive.

In my opinion, the offer to pay all monthly rent in full upon signing a lease is a RED FLAG warning to the landlord of trouble ahead. 

The Austin-San Antonio corridor's population surge in recent years is among the most notable growth stories in the country, though experts warn there are growing pains to consider.The corridor could soon compare to large metroplexes like the Dallas-Fort Worth region, experts have said, and there is evidence that's already taking shape.

Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminum foil without  letting me know , I could have easily adjusted the thermostat to lower  per his needs if he had told me and supplemented my apartment above with any additional heat but he chose to seal without letting me know inspite of my warning later on and obviously it can have detrimental effect on the tubing inside the walls due to excess pressure build up.He also complained about high electricity Bill's (obviously he would incur high utility bills when he turns on his electric radiator without using the free heat he was getting) I ended up having an oversight from my end as I did not verify if sealing vent caused any damage .