The section 8 tenants I've managed have been easy to work with.

BRRRR is not a great strategy in the current market due to the mortgage rates so it's not as applicable as many think from reading older posts or books about how easy it is.

It wasnt an easy decision, but he’s now breathing easier with stronger cash reserves.Another thought: refinancing.

It's always going to be easy to look back and wish you would've invested in year X.100%!!

As easy as this sounds, it's not simple and usually like pulling teeth.

Quote from @Gavin Souto: brrrr still works it's just not as easy to turn around quickly.

Haverhill is another interesting area with reasonable home prices and a lot of municipal developments in the works (also the commuter rail and easy access to major highways).

This should be an easy fix, you need about $30,000.

If investing in real estate was easy, everyone would have passive income.

Looking back, sure, after the fact looking back on a 2010 buy one can say how "easy" it was and how it rapidly became a "cash-cow" but at the moment in time of the buy, no, it was NOT prevalent or known what they'd be the next year, 5, 10 etc..