Seems like a lot of folks prefer SFH, but I bought a Townhouse because it seems like it is easier to maintain (HOA covers external, landscaping, and neighborhood amenities).

@Robert Lum  you bet you can troll around a site like BP read their books listen to the pod cast of those that are successful and talk about their business's.. its inspiring and motivational.but if you really want to learn the nuts and bolts you need to get in the game.the best and least expensive way to do that is to simply take a pre license course in your state.. learn the laws ( the real laws not the BS that is talk about on line).. terminology etc. then go to work with a brokerage in the aspect of Real estate that interest  you.. there you will get REAL training by those that are successful you get on a team.. you get paid as you learn.

What I typically see investors do to get rolling is use a Heloc or cashout refi on an existing property to get the startup capital they need.

I decided to keep the house and rent it out, currently I’m out of pocket almost $1300 to cover for mortgage. 

We walked away from a new build last fall because we could already see issues and the sellers ended up getting us a pre-inspection report that said there were serious issues with drainage and foundation.

Demolish The Home and Build New: You can demolish the existing house and build new.

"Cross selling" is _________________:a) When you go to your sales job wearing clothes more typically worn by the opposite gender.b) Just like it sounds: literally selling crucifixes. c) A strategy wherein a business strives to encourage existing customers to purchase adjacent products complementary to an item that the customer has already bought in a prior transaction, or is currently on the verge of purchasing.d) All of the above.

Just started the free trial of Rentalhero and it looks like it will be able to cover everything I need for my 2 small MF properties.

A lot of times it is best if the existing pm is the listing agent so they can negate this along with tenant communications. 

And you avoid things like damaged properties (guest insurance from airbnb or prop manager themselves cover that), evictions, collections, etc.