I would never own rental properties in my personal name.

I realize people are trying to make a living, but anyone who cold calls me is the last person I'd use for any transaction (plus I have people for that!).  

It has been good to be brought down to reality and realize that there will be many struggles during the process.

I have a followup question - I will realize a lot of capital gain from this home in Idaho, so I think unless I purchase a new primary residence I will have to pay that capital gains tax. 

Then there’s this glorious tax season where you realize how many things you get to deduct that others can’t, while sheltering your income with depreciation, and earning tax free income with appreciation.

The purpose of marketing is to attract an in-person showing.

Every company has atleast 1 person who leaves a negative review but what you fail to realize is that this is real estate.

I used to cold call, skip trace, send mailers, and don't get me wrong you will get success from it like James above, however as you gain experience you will realize you need deals faster, easier, cheaper, and with more "meat on the bones" and in order to have that you need constant deals flowing through your eco system and that's hard to do with mailers, cold calls, VA's and skip tracing etc.

They ended up billing me $200 a month for several months before I realized what they had done.My wife's a Realtor and we flipped a couple houses that she found for us.

Your personal loan has a 5 year balloon period.