Yield varies a lot depending on the type of property and location. rental yields for residential property are typically between 4% and 5% per annum.Hope this helps!

All depends on how much work is needed, which granted could be a lot. 

Your visits to the home seem to upset him, if you don't enter his room and your son is living there depending on the lease wording there probably isn't a violation.

In a market like KC your $300,000 would get you a $1.2mm purcahse which would be 10-15 units depending on the class and location (could be a bit more or a bit less).

There are rental management tools like Stessa, Baselane, Innago, and many others that include income/expense tracking that handles all the accounting tasks and reporting you really need for rentals. 

I just think it is important for consumers to realize that they cannot use Handymen for everything (of course depending on their state as you say).And yes, better to jump in and get going.

Depending on the market your looking to work in.one way I find is to simply call one of the major title companies and ask to talk to an escrow officer and then ask them what companies does he/she see closing private loans in their market..

Places like San Antonio might present more favorable cap rates, from what I read in Forbes recently.Refinancing could free up equity if today’s loan terms are more attrative, though that depends on current interest rates and the property’s updated value.

I can suggest some other areas as well depending on where you guys are looking. 

So its really all depends right.