Especially when you bring appreciation into the mix, as that's the true cake.

We can't have our cake and eat it to - that is, we can't take 0 risk and still expect 15% annualized returns when T-bills are paying 0.55% on 1-year bonds.

We often give each other high fives for great deals like on groceries ($1.99 for 2 crab cakes!

If all units are full, managing is a piece of cake - just get a reliable handyman and a couple of HVAC folks and plumbers on hand and you should be fine. 

It's always been two steps forward, one step back for my wife and I, but steadily we move forward.Don't make the mistake of reading these internet posts where anonymous people make real estate investing sound like cake.

By last year, the cost estimate had jumped to $83 billion and perhaps as high as $100 billion, but just for a system from San Francisco to Anaheim."

Lucie, FL25.7%Jacksonville, FL25.3%New Orleans, LA25.3%Palm Bay, FL24.9%Orlando, FL24.5%Phoenix, AZ24.5%Crestview, FL23.5%Deltona, FL23.1%Tampa, FL23.0%Houston, TX22.9%Salt Lake City, UT22.4%Baton Rouge, LA22.2%West Palm Beach, FL22.1%Atlanta, GA22.0%Fort Lauderdale, FL22.0%Pensacola, FL21.9%Miami, FL21.5%Boise, ID21.5%Tucson, AZ21.1%North Port, FL20.9%Riverside, CA20.9%San Antonio, TX20.3%Oklahoma City, OK20.2%Dallas, TX19.9%Sacramento, CA19.8%San Diego, CA19.5%Fort Worth, TX18.9%Gary, IN18.8%Memphis, TN18.3%Anaheim, CA18.3%Tulsa, OK18.1%Tacoma, WA18.0%Denver, CO18.0%Albuquerque, NM17.9%Austin, TX17.9%Little Rock, AR17.8%Los Angeles, CA17.7%Myrtle Beach, SC17.4%Cleveland, OH17.3%Louisville, KY17.2%Chattanooga, TN16.8%Fayetteville, AR16.7%Knoxville, TN16.7%Chicago, IL16.7%Birmingham, AL16.6%Portland, OR16.6%Detroit, MI16.6%Nashville, TN16.3%Elgin, IL16.3%Dayton, OH16.0%Lake County, IL15.7%Albany, NY15.3%Virginia Beach, VA14.9%Pittsburgh, PA14.8%New Haven, CT14.8%Camden, NJ14.7%Akron, OH14.5%Grand Rapids, MI14.2%Charleston, SC14.1%Indianapolis, IN13.8%Columbus, OH13.6%Greenville, SC13.4%Bridgeport, CT13.3%Des Moines, IA13.0%Warren, MI12.7%Hartford, CT12.5%Winston-Salem, NC12.5%Cincinnati, OH12.3%St.

Yes, it's great icing on the cake! 

They left gummy worm candy scattered all about the floor in several rooms, made a golf-ball sized indent in one of the walls, made almost a 2' scratch on another wall, and the icing on the cake was that one of them defecated right next to the back door. 

-- We didn't rent to her for a number of reasons, that was just the icing on the cake.