I recommend modeling your family budget for a year and conservstively project project your income, investment growth and expenses conservatively out to at least 80 years old.

If you do, you will likely have a higher interest rate and a balloon payment after 5 or 10 years.

We have had tenants stay for over 30 years and have current tenants who have stayed 25 years and several more than 10 years. 

Just curious why the average roof is replaced every 6 years in DFW.

Figure out what you put in your pocket if you rent for top dollar and the place turns over every year and sits vacant 3 months versus if you reduce the price 10% and it only turns over every 3 years sitting vacant only 6 weeks.

Hell, maybe the year, who knows, I'm goofy like that. 

Nobody ever went broke over a duplex, I know this now,  but I have to admit I had some serious doubts about this when I started 16 years ago, I bought every course I could find, already on CD's, this was post cassette tapes lol, and I paid RichDad Education for a one year coaching program (turned out my coach was a girl in a call center without any actual experience). 

I like to find owner finance deals and just finance the down payment for as many years as I can for cash flow.

The Fed’s go-to inflation measure went up 0.3% in January and is now up 2.5% year-over-year.

Joyce has sold real estate for over 27 years as a top notch so called caring Christian agent in the real estate market.