Im also finding tenants nowadays are way more disrespectful, have less morals and don't treat property's like they should.

Hi Malachi,The pushback you're receiving from prospects regarding your screening link could be due to the amount of scammers circulating the internet nowadays.

Yes you can get homes for under 200k (though even these are rarer in Rochester nowadays). 

I used to have a exit strategy to hold for ltr if a house didn't sell but in light of being a landlord in CA nowadays it's a hard pass.

Contractors in Austin are very busy nowadays and the good ones aren't going to be cheap.

I decided against buyin it so perhaps I dont know but for todays beginner I think the book is hollow relative to what is availabke nowadays.

Everyone takes pictures of everything nowadays, we all have phones in our hands constantly, so I don't believe they don't have pictures.Your Contractor is right in not re-pouring the driveway while it is so cold, so I would believe his story.I would stick to your generous offer to deduct a few bucks off of the rent (maybe $100) for their troubles and then tell them to go pound sand.

So people are nowadays less focused on escaping urban blight into the refuge of the suburb,s but tather moving back into the post-industrialized city which often has a a growing attractive and affluent vanguard community. 

Haven't really heard any buzz about another one being planned.  

What keeps me going nowadays is seeing the progress I've made in getting closer to early retirement.