It takes a very special relationship to work with someone in such a risky industry. 

Being at a similar spot in life, I work and manage a fund and most of my personal investments are now very passive. 

Interestingly, this artistic pursuit beautifully intertwines with my love for real estate, a field that has also introduced me to some of the industry's brightest minds during my performances. 

Since my initial post, I have tapped into a lot of the free resources Big Pockets has to offer as well as reading some of their books which have helped me better understand the REI industry without forking up a significant financial burden, and have been able to move at my own pace with this learning journey. 

The problem is that there constantly seems to be fees being charged to me an example of this is in the contract  there is an additional 100 dollars allocated to sewer and water that the tenant automatically pays every month with rent and anything outside of it should be billed to the customer (there is no specificed time when this will occur on the contract) but it appears to be billed to me and after speaking to IIP it's like they made up rule on the spot stating that after 6 months all of the additional utility fees would be billed to the customer and in the meantime I am being charged for it.

I really made a ton of progress in the RE industry while in that job.

So far there has not been any unpredicted capex expense or maintenance as the inspection was pretty thorough we were able to spot all the issues and were able to get $100K seller credit instead of getting it repaired by the seller.

Industrial midwest cities help built this country and this economy and many got left behind after the manufacturing left and I've seen it first hand how it destroyed communities but they're resilient cities with very strong and resilient people and are excellent for Section 8 rentals.

I have seen as low as 10% and as high as 40% though so if you truly feel 30% is the sweet spot for you, stick to your guns!

I would rather own a home in Class A area for 20 years over Class C and can probably with high confidence say that you will be in a much better spot later in life with Class A vs.