The paid off student rental plus the 2nd student rental helps pays off the mortage for 2nd student rentals and living expenses for me and my wife. the duplex was  cash flowing approx  $300 month with the old tenants We manage everything ourselves with some help from our family. 

Thank you for your insights and help with walking me through this new venture for me.   

In Maryland, it's not the city so much as the state and the laws you have to watch out for.

There's a lot of info here on BP and I'm just trying to take it one step at a time in the "Get started" section of the website.

Unfortunately, over the 11 months he has lived there, he has only managed to pay the rent on time once.

The problem?

Specifically I think a lot about the smells that travel through the duct work between the units.

The rental market is a dynamic environment, and one constant is change.

We would buy a house live in it for 2-3 years then on to the next and rent the old one out.

The 2-story building had a restaurant on street level and office spaces on the 2nd floor.