@Justin Landesman I just realized you're in Los Angeles.

You make the payments to the lender.Oh, and just in case, there are more items to know about when considering a "sub to" transaction but this is just a comment on the payment aspect. 

Do you invest just in MA? 

Maybe you should liquidate a portion of your portfolio just in case.

I envision this portfolio supporting me during my retirement years—though I still plan to work, just in a different capacity than I do today.I recently finished reading "How to Invest in Real Estate: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide" by Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner, which has been incredibly helpful.

Quote from @Justin Buswell: Quote from @Sharron Ferrell: I am also considering signing up for the program. 

@Justin Goodrich I can speak for a lot of investors and say our biggest problems are out of our control. 

@Justin Smith Your best advice was given by @Theresa Harris and @Nathan Gesner.The tenant has to call the cops and report the noise disturbance.

To be honest, I´m in the Maintenance & Construction for corporate businesses for some US companies in Mexico and we do some Real Estate down here also, but it´s way much different than the US, so I have much to learn from a lot of people around here and as @Julio Gonzalez, I think this is pretty much the right pad and place to start and to break my fears to start all over again from scratchAlso, I´ld like to hear more from @Justin Brickman why he voted for his city, pros and cons, it will help to read from a local...As I said before, thank you all guys for taking the time to write in this post and share some experienceDo you plan to owner occupy. $40k will not get you a non owner occupied San Diego property unless you find some unlikely alternate financing.

Hi Ursula,Even though this post is a few months old, I thought I’d chime in just in case you’re still working through this or for future projects.