BUT RARELY do they want to learn this... when rates got to 15 to 18% in the carter years.. to keep deals working I had to give my commission to the sellers and take back notes from them so they got some cash to induce them to sell .. and the sellers paid me monthly  Usually half of the payment No interest until paid..

It's a 4br/2ba furnished house in Colorado Springs, a mile from a private college.

If you put down $300k on this new property you’re going to feel pretty bad if you break up and he wants half.

Additionally, I see a third house only 18 minutes and 11.8 miles outside of my city; this particular "Open House" is Sunday 1:00p-3:00p, and it's advertised for $195,000.

                      - Duplex- pro's- renter's rent money will pay for half of mortgage, after that is paid off, move to a house, have passive income x2, most living space. con's- biggest down payment, outside the city, risk of terrible renter, locking us down for at least 7-10+ years to at least make it worth it.Overall, I hate wasting money. 

Once we get half of those Free and Clear, we will be financially independent.

If you send postcards, it will probably cost you half the price that you are currently paying for letters. 

RTR does a pretty good job of managing the builder, but truthfully, the 1st half of the process simply falls on the city's shoulders and being that Cape Coral is one of the top markets in the county for new builds per capita they are backlogged.

Investing means putting money in, not taking money out.Milwaukee remains to be an interesting market and we will continue to buy (typically in the second half of the year, our market has a very strong seasonality with prices peaking in May/June every year).Milwaukee has a housing shortage, which is reflected in the numbers: median home prices have increased 11.8% YoY and we have some of the highest rent increases in the US.

- Duplex- pro's- renter's rent money will pay for half of mortgage, after that is paid off, move to a house, have passive income x2, most living space. con's- biggest down payment, outside the city, risk of terrible renter, locking us down for at least 7-10+ years to at least make it worth it.Overall, I hate wasting money.