Skin in the game: professional MTR operators have it.

This is why you need to do a ton of due diligence on them and make sure they have skin and the game and something to lose.

@Bruce Woodruff You’ve captured the unpredictable nature of real estate perfectly!

Items cannot be stacked against wall prohibiting natural air flow to guard against mold, etc ?? 

And they will be scrappy by nature and certainly don't have that kind of downpayment laying around.Second, obviously is price.

However, I have no idea how to choose from the remaining cities, it seems there are a lot of potential options:- Midwest - Michigan (ie: Grand Rapids) seems to have options, also seeing Columbus Ohio and Indianapolis coming up- Reno - I've seen mentioned several times on here- Pittsburgh / Philadelphia / Twin Cities - All mentioned as lower cost to get started, and seem to be experiencing growthI'd ideally like to find a place that has strong potential for future growth, a diversified economy, and I don't mind living in (being close to nature would be a plus). 

@Tyler Bushey nice try, those of us with oil are often a mile or miles from natural gas and propane is $$$ and even if you had gas if  you have one boiler it doesn't solve the problem. 

Most likely the state where the property is located is where lawsuits would be brought if they are something for personal injury like a trip and fall or something of that nature because the “cause of action” arose in that state.

- To actually make money investing in S8 rentals, you'll need to develop a thick skin, so you can make business decisions that often conflict with one's humanity tendencies.DM us if you'd like to discuss more.

My bet on the next twist is the death turning out not to be natural causes.