When it comes to buying a rental property, I do my best to buy properties that have a decent chance of lasting the twenty years I intend to operate them with minimal upkeep after the initial turn.

A five year credit line at 1/4% under prime and a ten year fixed commercial loan with a twenty year amortization.Moving to the commercial loan sphere for SFH just adds another layer of complexity to your analysis, what happens if the environment is terrible in ten years when you have to refinance the debt. . .

That gives me just over twenty years to realize this plan.Thanks for the advice on not mentioning the amount of capital I would like to invest at the outset; I guess it is safest not to mention it.

So i have been able to purchase a few of these lots through the delinquent county tax sale for about twenty cents on the dollar.

twenty five years ago, I came to terms with my being unemployable and got very, very motivated to make up for what was almost a decade.

(It's a similar situation to the reason I got into computers twenty years ago).There was never a hint of working hard / above and beyond from my broker. 

Now with monthly, separate, billing you went from four bills per year to twenty four in just a couple of years.

An investor would not want to invest in an area or neighborhood where the value of their investment would decrease over the years, but it is also very difficult to understand what areas/type of living will be popular in five or eight years, let alone fifteen or twenty.

My wife and I are ready to purchase a duplex in the Kansas City Metro area with-in twenty miles of zip code 64145.  

Noobdog1,I approach each day with the best attitude, however when working nearly 70 hours a week, let me tell you it becomes quite a constraint.As far as a family to support, no, I’m a twenty three years old with no wife Nor kids.