Looking to invest locally as I have learned working with properties even 30 miles away can be a pain.

Then you hit mortgage #2 with all of the above, plus the increased cash flow from #1 due to having paid it off, and so the snowball picks up speed.What I like about this is that you don't wind up with so many properties that managing them is a pain in the rear/expensive.

She is a pain, I'd take the first opportunity to get rid of her.

It's a painful story!

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What a pain!

I've had to drill and take a sawzall to them, its just a pain.

Owning property is still a pain in the rear sometimes, but having residual income each month is great fun.

It's your best chance to find your qualified and desired renter in your unique area, and here's why...It was almost painful to read all the good common-sense advice of the folk above given to you without realizing what a unique area La Canada Flintridge is - a peaceful oasis next to an otherwise gang-ridden area that is North East Los Angeles.

That sort of thing is happening in Brewerytown but it's still painfully slow.