The biggest advice I can give you is to figure out your own goals, and be specific, so I want to invest in multi family for cash flow for instance is too broad, is your goal to have an investment or a place you enjoy living, those are often in conflict as most multi family tends not to be in the most desirable parts of towns, are you willing to high cash flow in exchange for alot more effort, risk and limited appreciation, or do you want a more stable property with potentially less or even zero cash flow, if it’s a primary residence, are you going to live there long enough to make it more sense than renting, the breakeven period in a place like Baltimore might be 3-5 years.

The biggest mistakes landlords tend to make on their tax returns generally have to do with fixed assets / depreciation...the 3115 can be a godsend in these situations...great post!

They tend to prefer stuff in decent condition and in their buy box.

If you survey the landscape of coaching program graduates, a consistent theme emerges: those that "make it" tend to have the drive, curiosity, passion, grit, relience and focus to weather the journey... 

Unfortunately these do cost more and tend to dry out in the can, causing waste.

I tend to lean toward leveraging for growth, but doing so with good performing properties and enough reserves - after seeing many investors lose everything when the market turns.

If you ever want to invest in MI let me know - I get nothing for it but I do run the Michigan Real Estate Investors group and connect with you with legit people and areas - I tend to hear the dirt and good stuff on investors, areas, Pms, contractors, etc..... feel free to reach out if you end up wanting to know more about Detroit or Pontiac/ etc investing 

It seems very appealing to me since healthcare professionals make a decent living and tend to be great people.

Since we are the first and the front runner by volume, we tend to experience the wave first before it ripples throughout the industry. 

If you don't have a well aligned lock they tend to try to relock and when the deadbolt doesn't engage that drains the battery.