-appraisal will go up but this rural county is as cheap as it gets.

", if you can be thoughtful and diligent and very skeptical, and wait until things are obviously cheap, you will generally outperform 90% of other investors. equation {Buy low + decades} = RichGet a hold of someone on the phone, about the investment, ask a few questions and get their best contact information.

Be aware that in many areas this process is neither cheap nor quick.

Repairs and Maintenance are not cheap and shipping carpet/furniture/etc to Hawaii calls for huge price premium so I would be sure keep a reserve for replacements.  

He is a very connected person and can get all kinds of interesting supplies very cheap and is willing to truck some our way whenever needed to come meet us in person and learn more about what we do....networking is always invaluable....Again these are very large returns because we are connected to a program that allowed me to fill in the holes in my knowledge easily and quickly.

You get the best of everything- cheap, tax free access to your equity, you get to keep your interest rate and you get the cash flow. 

Be wary of “cheap” STRs and 10% down “managed for you” deals especially in Orlando.  

You all went CHEAP and have hopefully learned a lesson:)

Is that an average home in the city or is that a cheap home in a not so great area? 

Google ai's are cheap af, expect these ads not to match so well your preferences.It is amazing how this "thing" is still going on, been chewed and ruminated in this forum since 8 years ago based on the first inquiry here.Now here a simple fact for you to check: 1) When you click on the ad, it directs to whatever landing page to sell a product of their business.