I have his 2016 financials (from the horses mouth).

If you are a good landlord to the first tenant, word of mouth will get you all the renters you need.

Their last deal fell through, so I proved I was serious by putting my money where my mouth was.

Cons - Needs a lot of work, highest up front cost2nd - Typical duplex, Worst cash flow3rd - Minor fixer upper duplex, Pros - lowest up front cost, better cash flow than typical, cons - not the best neighborhood, not ideal layout (all common walls shared).Well, that was a mouthful.

We have been through a lot of accountants over the years, and when we found our current one, Jason Dubnik, we could not be happier.  

FT and never been happier

I did not hear one discouraging word come out of anyone's mouth because of anyone's experience of lack of experience.

I've had them so long, word of mouth and previous guests are big.

Let me try and answer these questions first as it should not be as intensive in regards to the length of my answers...I directed traffic with ads... from the city newspaper (which also would add to the internet), to the thrifty nickel newspaper, to craigslist, through military paper, through word of mouth, through my business cards, etc...

Real estate was the word that seemed to come from the mouths of successful people in all settings and stages of my life.