They both have advantages and disadvantages.

What are the advantages and disadvantages? 

Do you think the distance from LA to KC would put me at a disadvantage for sourcing deals, especially off-market ones? 

For me,+ the disadvantage would be doing only one deal at a time, but if cash to refinancing season isn't too long, that wouldn't be a huge problem. 

My suspicion is that people do not accurately do the math on cost of renting a unit with utilities included vs not included and the higher sticker price would be a disadvantage in an area where utilities are not usually included.That's just my line of thought.

I'm definitely wet behind the ears re: real-estate investing wanted to listen to any tax advantages/disadvantages I may not be considering... here goes:Scenario:Purchased house 1 (h1) as primary residence with a conventional loan ($90000) in Oct 2013.Purchased house 2 (h2) as potential primary residence with cash ($85000) in Aug 2017.

All of those other options have their own disadvantages, that's why I'm so eager to make single member LLC work.

The Cozy application is very short, which has advantages and disadvantages.

All in all, I don't think at all having no college education is a disadvantage.

'Yes, Whitney, the contracts presented to one by property managers, contractors, and Realtors are also onerous and legalistic in the extreme.These truly put the investor or home owner at a disadvantage, but "if you wanna play, you gotta pay" I guess.