@Joseph I'm glad you have begun your journey in real estate.

I have begun to look at them and the opportunity to earn 15% to 20% passively is really interesting.

@Joshua Eastman I am a New York real estate investor myself and have moved down to Charlotte in the last year and have begun to look at investments in Charlotte.  

What control do you have it you give the contractor almost 30% up front before any work has begun.

I've seen landlord locks recommended a few times and have begun exploring keyless entries.  

This is where I grew up and recently moved back to and have begun buying rentals.

I have several properties with Spartan and I am also in a similar situation with a new tenant who stopped paying  and the eviction process has already begun.

I have begun getting my real estate license (my goal is to aid in my future investments).

And we have begun our rental property search in earnest. 

Additionally you will have higher CapEx, insurances and management time - all of these could hurt you especially as you get going - you do not want a foreclosure or a situation where you are having to support your property- this will really slow you down.Investing Class Ds is not unheard of but normally this is done when the area's redevelopment and renewal proposals have already begun in earnest.