I don't generally find it advantageous to try to squeeze every drop of blood out of a rock, as you then start pushing up vacancy rates, having much fewer qualified tenants, etc. 

I'm in New Berlin right now which is a bit too rich for my blood at this point, but it got me considering Milwaukee more if I found a better neighborhood that had a bit cheaper homes.

A lot of buyers are sharks and when they smell blood, they attack.

Looking back, they weren't so ridiculous,but I learned how to better assess estimates as we put in blood, sweat, and tears ourselves so that was worth it.

I could barely understand what was going on, but I could feel my blood rushing through my veins as he announced my target was next.

It's been so much hard work because we've done all of the labor ourselves. 15 weeks of working 6 days a week, 8 hours a day, neglecting home responsibilities, blood, sweat, and tears! 

I agree about the blood...and the debt after retirement...which is why I mentioned NNN as the vehicle. 

rental properties w/ gov't-subsidized interest rates is historically unheard of and unprecedented (unless you look back at Feudal Europe and you are of noble blood and trying to build a castle and you helped the King win his last war against France or whatever). 

I think they even asked for a blood sample somewhere in there, sandwiched between all the financial statements & documentation.

@Syed Rizvi @Eric GuiltinanHUD does allow for non-occupied co-borrowers on FHA loans but (typically) only when there is a blood or marriage relationship between the applicants.