It can come at the very end so that you're not wasting your time (and theirs), but the kind of long term damage that a bad tenant will cause to a property is not something that they can quickly and easily hide so you want to get eyes on how they are currently living.The age of the house has nothing to do with section 8.

Because it will, kind of hard to promote yourself as the great "Captain" as the ship under your command burns..... 

Has anyone dealt with kind of issue? 

They now have two posters on BP cheerleading, lordy save me. 

I've spoke with the folks over at Abodea, who do offer a scalable call-center approach to HOA PM at quite affordable rates, but we're still missing the kind of local, on-site general contractor/handyman or capital management planning schedules that would be required for proactively addressing homeowner and community association needs. 

But thanks for those kind words

Whereas the kind of hosts who don't post here are more likely to be in the "afraid of getting calls about flooding tolets at 2 am" camp and/or work long hours that make hosting a challenge. 

any kind of borrowed money. 

I will say that your first property, and possibly first several properties, are likely going to cost you money. it's very difficult to cash flow in month 1, or even for the first few years, when you use any kind of financing right now. 

I've seen local tech jobs and wages grow a lot in recent years especially with the latest on Tech Ridge which I understand is going to have a large impact on higher paying jobs local to St George overall bringing in companies to HQ here.The prices here are too high for me to pursue being new to investing, but with the continued explosive growth such as Tech Ridge, Black Desert Resort nearing completing for the upcoming PGA tour, and so on it seems like a hot market that would pay off for investors with that kind of capital.