Again, no evidence of mice - no droppings, no chewings, no nests.

Check all the roofs and attics for signs of creatures, nests, droppings.

With a $1M nest egg to invest, do big, get scale and leverage experience.I read this article today on class B apartments over class A and it gives you some macro background on why apartments, especially value add should continue to perform well.  

I was neck deep in a rehab we were planning to move into and I was running out of time to get my bride into her new nest before our first chicklette got here.

If you can move your 401k (its from a ex-employer), doesnt hurt to move to a IRA and then use a asset manager with low costs like https://www.wealthfront.com/ or vanguard.com and use them to conservative target 2040 funds.The key for you at your age is to be conservative with your retirement nest egg.

My only tip is that is that they should be installed tightly against each other, whomever installed mine left some small gaps between a few of the pieces and it the summer I sometimes get bees making nests underneath.They definitely save me a bunch of time and headaches of plugged gutters and water backing up.

In the week after that post, I received lots of questions and messages asking about how we were able to build our portfolio to that point.Today, I wanted to share our process in a step-by-step guide for going from 0-72 units and highlight the biggest factors that I believe allowed us to scale a business that now generates nearly $20,000 a month in passive income.1) Start with a nest eggI know this seems obvious, but do whatever you have to do in order to find, create or save enough capital to buy that first property.

We are very much like you and want to build a little nest egg for our family, but we choose to do that by investing in our community.

If you're investing so that you can retire with a nice nest egg in 30 years, the single family home might be the way to go.  

FWIW, I used a Nest thermostat in my house while my mom (who had dementia) lived with us, and one of the really nifty features is that in your account (online, only you will have the PW), you can set temperature parameters.