You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

He told me they don't care if the houses make money, only that they more or less hold their principal because what we think of here in the US as volatility is laughable to most of the rest of the world. 

Purchase price: $144,900 Cash invested: $13,000 This is a charming 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home in Bossier City, LA.

I'm a 26 year old from Long Island hoping to acquire my first rental property by the end of the year.

I filled up 4 dumpsters worth of trash, old carpet, furniture, and whatever other horrors the previous owners left behind.

During this journey, I discovered the world of house flipping and real estate investing in the U.S.

I'd put less down and put cash towards new construction in urban core like olde towne east, king Lincoln, Southside columns ohio 

With the property being so old it came with a lot of weird ways of doing things which took a lot of creativity.

I suspect it's an old line that failed and required replacement.

Plumbing is usually so old it has to be completely upgrades.