With luck they will educate you and inspire to to make the least amount of mistakes. 

I live in rural Illinois, so I search public records, identify out of town owners, knock on doors to to talk to tenants or see if property is vacant, and then start a targeted direct mail campaign to contact out of town owners.

I like to to avoid markets that have big runs and crashes (FL and LV, NV).

Hello allI've been managing my 12 unit apartment building that I've purchased for about two years. For the first time I'm hiring a property manager and she's experienced but (4yrs experience) with units managed up to...

I live in a great neighborhood with good access to to downtown and the mountains, and shaving $$$ off my mortgage while also investing in RE!

Of course like your AC example you have to to plan for the unexpected also.

@Roberto Solorio Jr.The easiest ways I can think of:Cash advance credit cardSell your carBorrow from family $18,500 isn't that much money to have to come up with so the fact that you don't have very much saved makes me believe that you are not in a very good position to to be 500K in debt.  

I can go to to our county clerks site at www.hillsclerk.com.  

I would also escrow another 10k to 20k depending on the rent amount  in case she doesn't move out to cover the eviction expenses and also to to give her incentive to complete the move.I would not give her any money up in case for some reason you never settle.My sales contract would have addressed this matter.

Spotcrime.com is a great go to to see the types of crimes committed in recent months.