, had to do miracles to have food for his followers, rode into Jerusalem on an ***, drove the moneychangers (rent-seekers) out of the Temple, was crucified between two thieves, penniless, had to rely on the charity of his friends to take care of his mother, was buried at the expense of his friends.I simply cannot understand how this utterly straightforward example of a life of poverty becomes an instrument of justification for divinely-inspired cash flow in the minds of so many people.I keep on waiting for someone to pop up here and tell me Jesus would have been a hard-money lender if things had just gone a bit differently.

No income tax, VERY low property taxes, landlord friendly, basically zero maintenance landscaping and house exterior/roofs, no weather issues, etc etc...Keep in mind you basically cant build a new home for less than 200 a foot all in  these days.. so existing is rising up to new home values.who was the local Vegas guy who was in the Casino scene that last year was predicting utter failure for the Vegas market have not seen him around lately. 

Landlord runs out of courtroom crying, jumps in car, with tears in eyes blows thru stop sign because couldn't clearly see, cop sees and floors it to pursue and pull over but, in such a fit landlord threw on music as ear-bleed level to "just chill" so never hears the sirens, cop's thinking maybe it's a jail break, calls in backup, now there's a whole slew of cops in pursuit, chopper swoops in and it's on the news, now landlord sees a sea of lights in rear view mirror but it's too late, now it's live streaming and landlords boss sees and recognizes his star employees vehicle right away, and right as he was going to give a promotion.

That said if your local economy is utterly dependent on once industry (Detroit in the 60s) then absolutely play it safe.Buy something that cash flows now and in 10 years time you won't be asking whether you bought at the right time but why you waited so long to buy.

I got this email today at 3 PM from our tenants, not sure if we can believe them:Lisa & Billy, please chill out on the drive bys.

If your retirement utterly depends on having adequate cash flow from your properties, any downturns will cripple you.

Who told you all to say that utter bullcrap??!?!

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing what the previous occupants did to it).

Im 35 years old, I'm interested in purchasing a fixer upper SFH for my first property and I'm clueless about repair cost.  The property I'm currently looking into is listed for 115K. The listing agent has put this in ...

However, as Sam has alluded to earlier in this thread, he and I come from utterly different backgrounds, being that he is a CPA and I am a violinist.