I use some of the real estate income to finance other investments like buying gold and silver, buy 2 ATM & 3 vending machines, raw land for private park slots & learning how to raise capital for more real estate and a business.

I am pretty sure that you can find properties in Columbia that rent for at least 2% of what you pay.Here is a realtor.com search for homes under $50K: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Columbia_MO#/pagesize-50/pg-1/price-2-50000Keep looking.

@Richard Smith Knowing a little about the local market I would say two things.1) Look more in the direction of PG county or possibly AA county or even the Baltimore area if that is not too far out.2) Get better at finding deals.There are a lot of members here from the DMV area.

I also buy land but PG county is pretty tough.

Anyone willing to mentor me in exchange for realtor services, please message me.I would like to start rehabbing residential properties in PG county and Washington, DC.

I don't see an upside, it sounds like gambling to me, and I hate flushing $$$ into slot machines.

I earned some hours when I was in ROTC and hoping to earn a pilot slot.

I use metal frames A frames and aluminum signs from HD Supply with rider slots at the top and bottom.

I have a rural mailbox,, large enough where I put inside 4 dividers, labeled tenants and each has a slot.. 

I have a friend that has a 4 unit of 1/1 that's has been on the market for a couple weeks in the high 300's. Lots