Sometimes we have to pay to make sure it's right all the way around and have an insured contractor to fall back on if anything is not right... if you touch it the first thing anyone on the job will do is point the finger at you and attack your competence to do whatever you do....  

You will fall in love with this community!

Want to avoid potential pitfalls in the overall journey before you even get started.2 - love the idea of water falling all your profits and cash flow into future purchases and down payments.  

I'm guessing most areas of Newark would fall in the "specific census tracts".

I'm looking forward to fall and football season in the south.

They have a meeting in several areas (Reston, Falls Church, Alexandria) but Warrenton is closest to you. 

Otherwise you fall victim to the shiny object syndrome. 

Rates were on a steady march up from 2002 to 2007, so we were actually in a rising rate environment, not a falling or exceptionally low rate environment.

Things to invest in so in case you are busy the burden doesn't fall on your wife to deal with an unruly tenant not paying the monthly rent etc.

Unfortunately, a lot of new investors fall into this trap and can be taken advantage of.