Real estate can be an excellent investment, but ensuring you can comfortably manage the payments is vital, even if you encounter negative cash flow periods.

Knowing when and how you plan to sell or transition out of the properties is vital for long-term planning.It's wonderful that you and your wife are excited about this new venture.

The better way is to put a second layer of good plywood over the entire room because unlike a stick built it is unlikely you can mate up the depth of the flooring if you just cut out the soft spot.

Condos put's a layer of management between you and complete control of your property.  

But every layer of protection helps.

@Alan DeRossett - this was under at least 7 layers of paint, i even tried those little pin punch rollers and remover spray.

We have coordinators in house to who can handle the entire transaction and setup a LLC for $5k through a company affiliation, then multi layer it 75 times because we want you to protect the assets you have which include the $5k credit card debt and the $17 in cash you have in your bank account.If this sounds like something you want, because you know you cannot live without this, then send me $5k to sign up..  

Layers of complicated docs and arrangements lead to... potential complications!  

Hi Dekota, welcome to the next layer of BP!

It was that which landed my first, which earned my second, and what kept building layer by layer onto this career I have been doing for over a decade now, and that has taken me very literally all over the world.