You get money on the weekends that you won't be there, don't have the hassle of roommates and, god forbid, late payments/evictions. 

Is the presence of galvanized water lines a ticking time bomb? 

Just like in our market permits cost 40k per houseand the planners and city gods wonder why we can deliver a house for 200k all in  not possible in our market 300 to 350k is as cheap as you can go.PS I tried buying warrenties when I was buying 50 to 75 court house steps houses a year.. waste of money.. 

Since 1031 is a federal statute it has the same requirements in all 50 states and most good intermediaries have a national presence. 

If you didn't allow, I would charge for replacing the grass in that area and for the removal of the trampoline too.A god idea to check with your states landlord tenant laws prior to charging anything, as well as your laws that pertain to the time frame in which you must send the claim.

this will keep you out of the hood this will give you a nice shot at safe secure investment.. and maybe god forbid some gambling appreciation.also will tend to have better schools and because your buying right at or close to the median you actually have people buying homes to live in as owner occ which stabilizes the area and keeps the thefts down. when you buy at the bottom of the median or 50% of it or less.. what does logic dictate.. same with rent.and if your sitting on the west coast not really knowing or in Sydney or Hong Kong.... quality of tenants does not move DOWN exponentially with values and rent rates.. it does the exact opposite it get riskier and riskier.

Oh my god.

It’s a condo which also has foundation issues which the hoa is supposed to take care of but only god knows when that will happen.

My girlfriend (hopefully fiance soon) and and I are expecting our first (boy, thank god) in a few weeks, and I wanted to get started sooner rather than later and commit to my first investment.

For God's sake we are living in the age of free flowing information.