Just can't stand the thought of renting at this stage of my life.Oh almost forgot.

I wish more folks posted in this manner, as it provides the roadmap, and allows for deeper inspection/education at each stage.  

Hello everyone,I'm in the closing stages of acquiring my first investment property! 

The thing is, you're embarrassed to point it out, embarrassed to explain to her how utterly stupid this makes her look.

I'm just getting started in wholesaling I'm at the collecting information stage.

I was just commenting that many folks are new to investing and look at the 2010 metrics as what is normal or a good deal.. we are in a new normal stage of the market.. will it crash again who knows.. but this is the marketAS the poster above mentioned you will always have the US  owner with their financial issues and hoarder houses and burnt out landlord syndrome.. so I guess like you have done it becomes Gorrilla marketing to find these deals.. so that means spending some sort of money on marketing for them.. or wholesalers or what have U..   

Plus, this does not sound tremendously dated or obsolete building situation (built mid-century and updated since)....I do, though, like when landlords are responsible and don't squeeze all the juice out of the lemon and exit stage left (and pass on all the deferred capital costs to a less informed buyer, like a hot potato).

I'm in the information gathering stage and considering multiple forms of investing - income rentals, REITs, and even crowdfunding (like Fundrise).

My wife (the detail oriented one) looks the buyer up on Facebook and sure enough he's ON STAGE WITH A GURU in his photos.    

I'm at the same stage as you are and here is what I'm doing.