An Ice Cream / Deli  restaurant which has been there since 1994 and the building was built in 1951.

Tax benefits sometimes come at the expense of cash flow, but tax benefits are more like the icing on the cake and not the sole reason to buy rental property.  

If the system is low on refrigerant, the heat pump will not work properly and possibly freeze into a huge block of ice (which mine did!).

I agree with him that you should do a podcast ... will never happen, though, I'm affraid ... besides the skype problem, you'd need to be a professional BMX biker or commercial fisherman or something more interesting that has been doing REI on the side for a year or two and talk about puppy dogs and ice cream and how wonderful and low risk it is to invest out of state in a high cash flow market rather than a lowly, evil, speculative, local west coast developer and lender with decades of experience.

In order of importance to tenants:high speed internetwalk in closetsoundproof wallspatio or balconywasher and dryer in unitmicrowavefrig with water/ice dispensergarbage disposalpoolPersonally I never provide the last two for expense, maintenance and safety issues.This all according to an industry study:https://nmhc.org/uploadedFiles/Files/2015%20Renter%20Preferences%20Study%20-%20Executive%20Summary.pdf

Rehab projects in low-income urban areas are tough, remotely managing any flip projects with contractors you haven't yet vetted are tougher, owning property in baltimore is icing on the tough-project cake.

I initially wanted to get into flipping houses and investing in rentals, but, due to lack of money and not very many connections, that got shut down and I decided to go the wholesale route.I am looking for some way to maybe shadow/partner with someone in the Nashville/Brentwood/Franklin area in order to "break the ice" and get into the world of real estate investing, or at least meet up every so often to sit down and allow me to pick their mind.I am very hungry and I plan on being very successful in the REI business, I just need help finding that 1 place to start it all off.Advice/tips/tidbits/resources are greatly appreciated.Thank you, BPersChase

Be conservative with the numbers and the rest is icing on the cake and not a requirement to consider the purchase of the property as a success.As I like to say "win going in" to a deal. 

Saturday was a hockey game, my first one, so we were booked all day.  

A buyer needs to make money going in and the other potential upside needs to be icing on the cake.