Rentals don't make sense in my city and the competition for value add is insane.

I want to use the equity in my CA home for the downpayment"me: "gasp" there was very popular post a few years back and LA based investor took out a large HELOC on their personal residence so they could buy 8 units in a mid west city.. that he admitted were D class and on paper the cash flow was huge etc etc.. 

While cities, as a whole, are also able to change rules, typically those take far more time, and allow for more people to share input first.  

The tenant is paying their portion of the rent (the majority is coming from city) but the tenant has been difficult to deal with and I'd like to find an new tenant once their lease is up.

On Monday, we presented our 253-unit townhome Planned Unit Development (PUD) to the City Commission and received a favorable 4/5 vote!

Go to the RPA Bootcamp, the Milwaukee landlord training, join the Brew City FB group...As far as your job: focus on income and savings.

I have a rental in a new rural development that does not have city garbage pickup.

You'll learn a lot from your first property in addition to getting to know your city much better. 

I would avoid the city at all costs but the areas around Newark are very lucrative for rentals.

I’ve invested in Indianapolis, Atlanta, and looked into Kansas City, and every county is different.