I think it can work out best if you get your horror stories over early; some people get roses and rainbows with their first tenant, think "this is easy street", pick up a couple more properties, then get a bad run or two and lose everything.

The first 6 months it rose to value above 160K and kept rising.

After George Air Force base closed, so did a lot of Businesses, Growth in the area stopped almost overnight. finally started to pick up again in about 2004 then all of the sudden home prices in the area rose 300-400% between 04 and 08...

I found the other post from lady I @ about the cost.

Rose,Yes you can purchase as a primary and rent out the other unit as you see fit STR or LTR.

I purchased $4m of RE in Dec 2021 before rates rose.  

US companies added 184,000 jobs across most job categories and wages rose, the most since July.

These was a brief time prior to this where Prime Rate rose to OVER 20%.Today you can't walk even 1 foot without tripping over real estate information, knowledge, and education. 

Lady lived alone, went to work every day, came home and drank 6-12+ beers in her recliner.

I called the lady and explained I have well over 12 years experience- she says I still need to go through this training.ThoughtsIf I was to hire (I would be willing to pay a small fee to have the “Boots on he ground” if I needed to have someone order a plumber, or whatever came up I would.