So to summarize, it's very feasible to get your license and do most of your own deals and maybe some of your family and friends' deals.

I then changed my strategy on describing the house in a more summarized version without pictures.

Steve did a great job summarizing the basic requirements.

Just to summarize what I would do, is take my money from my employer 401k once I leave roll that into a pre-taxed IRA.

Brandon summarized “In Ellis’s example, a $500 tax debt became a $17,360 in demand debt in just a few short months.

There is also the warranty of habitability (see link for pdf from state summarizing statute) which was mentioned by @Lucas Miller.

To be somewhat brief, I'll summarize a lot of what I've read here as there's a lot on the right track but not all is spot on.

Landlords- Would you consider it a valuable service to receive a periodic report, summarizing the condition of your rental property, along with pictures, right to your inbox?

Building equity is a method of forced savings that unfortunately many people require.To summarize, my opinion is that while indeed leverage is a valuable tool, using too much of it or using it carelessly can get you in trouble.

To summarize this long post, it is a fair housing violation for landlords to actually be conscious of the source of income type when making a decision to rent a property but once it is rented, we better recognize immediately that the tenant is disabled so we can make a reasonable accommodation to let him/her break the lease with zero notice or it is a fair housing violation.