When all the expenses associated with owning and maintaining that house exceed the rent you can get from the property you are effectively upside down and are actually paying your tenant to live in the property.  

Send all communication to the lawyer.It will be money well spent -- and it doesn't mean you're not cut out to be a landlord, it means you're smart about maintaining your mental health.

Housing IQ predicts a 9.3% increase in home prices over the next year, with the median sale price expected to rise from the current levels​​.Inventory and SupplyInventory levels have been gradually increasing but remain below demand, maintaining a seller's market.

Paying rent will force you to maintain a personal budget, it will ensure your property produces the income necessary to operate the property, it creates a savings for you as a landlord so you can prepare for the next investment, and it shows how the property performs as an investment in case you have to sell.You need two accounts: checking and savings.

Must have future appreciation while maintaining some cash flow.3.

Throw an LLC together with a few people with $1m each, and buy it, San Francisco isn't short of folks who got lucky with this or that IPO and have the money, most of those tech companies have an unofficial employee-maintained slack/discord channel where they talk about real estate stuff.

I try to encourage the very best tenants to stay by keeping rent low, but only if they are perfect in every way: timely payments, no lease violations, maintain homes, communicate well, etc. 

The IRS has a “same taxpayer” requirement for tax tracking – if the same person or entity is exchanging, it’s easy.If not, we’ll have to bring in our structuring attorney to ensure the right steps are taken to maintain 1031 eligibility.

A well- maintained home will likely cause the tenant to view it positively which will cause them to take better care of it and stay longer.

The company maintains a minimum ratio of 50% women.