it will show you how many times it was sold and how much they made (usually millions)Hi Laura, would you please recommend a dependable service who would produce accurate, high quality, court-ready documents?

The most common answer, especially in recent times, is highly levered, floating rate debt.This is not the only answer, by any means. 

They can't assess all the subjective data like overall layout, view from the living room window, the dogs next door that bark all day, the width of doorways, size of individual rooms, quality of kitchen cabinets and appliances, etc.The best thing to do is study your market regularly.

Your income isn't high enough for it to make sense as a rental and the closer you get to your residence limit the greater pressure you will have to sell it before losing your exclusion in whole or part. 500k right now can make $15k per year income with zero maintenance or tenant risks. 

This week supposed to be 15 highs and 0 lows. 

That being said, I'm not a fan of holding property in anything sub B quality. 

If you have large debt with a high interest rate, I would consider paying that off before getting started investing in real estate. 

Nobody likes to work hard in the heat.The biggest concern in the past has been winter, but 2024 was the warmest year on record and we have seen +3F on average in every season, which really took the edge of winter (you can call it brown grass season now) while summers are pleasant 75-85F.The cost of living is low, yet the quality of live is relatively high.

I would highly recommend sticking to the 30 year option or not doing it at all. 

Managing tenants: In my opinion, self-manage is stressful, but if you have the capacity to make it work, I would highly recommend it.