Yes, but this would not be an ideal situation since we're fairly conservative with our finances.Is 800 your current insurance rate or is that an estimate for a landlord policy because usually they are significantly different.

The snow is coming, so you have to have a plan and not rely on the kindness of strangers (or tenants).On DIY: I see some smaller scale landlords with a plow on their truck (and it may pencil out if you have enough units or be ideal if you have one anyway to do a long driveway or private road to your home).

Being a landlord while not making any money sounds like a non-ideal situation!

While some are saying it's impossible to come out with free rent around Austin, I want to see if there might be someone on this site who can help find something that will be incredibly cheap for me (please don't just say it's impossible, thank you).Ideally I'd like to be located within ten miles of 78726 where I work my day job.

Honestly, if somebody can't afford to come up with $4,000-5,000 for a deposit (which ideally is returned to them anyway), I probably don't want them as a tenant.

Ideally we'd like to leave the peninsula completely open with a eat in bar behind the stove.  

Working for a top producing agent or real estate investor sounds ideal but I just don't know where I would find the best fit.

I also want, ideally, the same bank to not have a limit on the number of properties.  

Owner asks for 100k and is willing to finance 50k for a 2 years, which is ideal for us.So, now after we agreed on a price, what is next?

Ideally, I'm going to wait until it's more of a buyers market to try to find better deals, but for now $200/month is my trigger to go look at the property.