Unless your property manager and thier brokers are working in your best interest to grow your portfolio step by step and show you what it's going to take and everyone has an understanding you will be spinning your wheels and frustrated.I like the relationship to be one where our client is on the west coast and I send an email that says you need to buy this, cash close quick, only contingencies are third party inspection and mine and the senior property managers inspections and verify financials, the client doesn't ask questions other than where to send the checks.

If all that reading and info makes your head spin and you need help sifting through it all...and/or clearing up an confusion, contact me direct through a PM and I'll do what I can.

After reading the following news article below it got my wheels spinning.

It's entirely possible but is an extra wrinkle that costs money, maybe not for a 1st timer with cash flow issues. 1) Look for a better deal that will support itself and spin off free cash flow. 2) if you want to go deep on a house hack - What if your unit was also filled with roommates?

I'm much further ahead than my competition that's still spinning their wheels looking for free information. 

Check the flashing and also the gutters for proper drainage and obviously inside the house for evidence of leaks.The other way to spin this is to just tell the seller that the roof is 15 years old and will need to be replaced soon based on avg roof life.

Economic cycles never stop spinning.

Or...you could try and do everything yourself and spin your wheels for a full year before making that decision like I did. 

Idealists do nothing more than spin their wheels allowing emotions to interfere with logical thinking.

I love your post and I have given the same advice, but everyone's moment in life is different and that advice only works for 1 type of journey.Account Closed the government itself is the one that makes the "dire predictions" (not sure math is dire... that's more of a news spin ;) about Social Security: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TRSUM/index.html. 2018 is supposed to be the first time in 35'ish years that SS has lost more than it has made, with no expectation of reversal.