You can likely own numerous units and never have to chase a tenant for money.

Held onto it for 2 years in which I didn't see a penny due to numerous reasons.

@Rand Linton as you can see there are numerous ways to invest in real estate depending on your goals.

@Timothy Frie I have always been interested in making movies.

North Richland Hills is a GREAT example of 2 things: 1) Owner-occupants flooding the market (500+ ppl move to Texas per day, along with numerous businesses moving to Texas weekly) and 2) Investors are settling into long term cash-flow investments that produce longer-term returns over a period of time with these bread 'n butter SFR.

How do they make it look so easy in movies?

There are numerous other variables however I would strongly suggest leaning toward Norfolk.

You can count on 6 to 8 months of extra time with the process and numerous stupid request.

I've never seen that in my borrowing nor in any of the numerous hard money email advertisings I receive.

We've been in business for 5 years and have purchased numerous properties throughout the DFW area.