This is a semi-cry story, and its long; brace yourself.

I know that with fixing it up a smaller place would obviously be easier, and as for renting I think its definitley easier to find tenants for a 1-2 bedroom condo/semi-detached than it is for a 3-4 bedroom detached home, and I think theres less chance of failure and less dangerous with a smaller place because we would be able to deal without a tenant paying rent easier (with a big expensive house we probably wouldn't be able to deal with a high mortgage at all without rent income).

So far I have been semi successful by just going over and talking to the dirt bag tenants this will at least help ease some of the tension.

As I was semi-joking above, it was only a matter of time before a right-wing-talk-radio-lover had to turn this into a partisan political discussion that added absolutely nothing constructive...sheesh...

There's a place I am semi-looking at with about 5 acres of land.

Baltimore, MD 21217Multi-Family 7br/4ba (3-Unit/poss 4th) Semi-Det. 3060 Sq Ft.

Hi Rael,I'm a Realtor that serves the entire SE MI area.

I think they could be a decent deal for a landlord looking to acquire more property if the owner is willing to take a small hit when he sells (he sounded semi-motivated on the phone).

Twitter: I'll be honest, I check out twitter on a semi-regular basis.

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