So, like everything in life, the work you put in is what makes you successful here.

My best advice, if your friend does move in, is to set up front what expectations you have (you mow the lawn every other week or first week of the months, whatever).

All in, I think a large amount of GC's in the residential world tend to operate in less professional manners, which results in a lot of the problems we have read and seen above.

If I had to add all those in I would be a 400 fico :)

About 200 yards in, is the nearest towns trash dump. 

Quote from @Adam Bartomeo: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: U also are fighting all the investor who flooded int to build new homes for rental purposes so OVER supply.. and we know a ton of those got stuck with bad builders and are being worked out so supply is going to keep coming in .. I

Previously, when I logged in I just saw all the numbers that were my initial investments assuming there were no payouts.

Working with someone with proper knowledge about the market you're looking in is imperative for this.

In future we could also rent out the main house that we currently live in. Is

@Liam AlvarezI’ll be a contrarian here.After 46 years in the industry, both as a SFR broker & investor and now as a MF operator with over 1000 units as a general partner…..The best market to invest in is the market YOU KNOW BEST.