The three main reasons I like these types of investments is that, 1) A higher chance of healthy appreciation, 2) Lower annual costs (way under 50%) and 3) Higher quality of tenant, thus on time rents, less turnover and less damage to the house.

Consequently, you need to make sure you have an exhaustive due diligence checklist and evaluate the deal based on its own merits given your criteria and ignore what others are doing.Having said that the price per door of comparables in the area is a healthy sanity check to see whether or not your bid price is in line with the market.

I've got a cosigner with stellar credit (750+) but with him signing, he doesn't have assets/healthy salary to back up the score.

I like healthy, productive debates, keep posting!

If we ignore the 2nd mortgages the banks are still carrying on their books at full value instead of zero, then sure, the banks look fairly healthy.

So, make sure you plan short term and mid term goals, and do a lot of those retirement things now while your health is in order, and you can still enjoy it.

Health is even more important as you get older, imo.

No problem...I don't mind healthy disagreement, although I am not sure exactly what we disagree on.

A healthy son being born.

Hi, LOL, it's almost like I can't let this go, it's like an obsession, it's just not healthy!