Many investors I hear about seem to have gone through other serious trials and tribulations.

You should give them a "one month free trial" garage space in mid-December.

I ask because I am about to buy six SFHs and am planning on placing the tenants on a 90 day trial period before signing new leases.  

I encourage you to join--they have a 30-day trial membership for just $1.  

I find it very beneficial to read about all of their trials and tribulations throughout their years of investing. 

Paying now to have time later not only can prevent costly mistakes, it can save you YEARS of trial-and-error, and losses, and fines, and lawsuits, and ...My $0.02 ...David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

A lot of this is trial and error.

It took me about 2 to 3 years to actually learn all the intricacies involved within the dieting and posing practice required to bring out the artistic aspect of all the hard work involved along the way.When pursuing a worthwhile goal, there’s usually a fair amount of monotony involved that may seem quite boring to the outside spectator.

It looks like right now, the trial lawyers, albeit in the minority, are steering the ship and can keep the status quo via political procedures.The issue with new condos (direct to market) is insurance.

It tends to be an expensive process to learn apartments by trial and error...Also, since you are not going to be there full time, I would probably hold off getting anything that requires a lot of renovations, unless you go with a partner/syndication.Just my $.02Erik