:Had your wife been trying to get you to quit your JOB before then or was this an out of the blue moment.No but we did have young kids, a full time nanny & yet I was still burning the proverbial candle both ends with a lot of property.

We just bought our first home and are in the process of closing the loan (WA state). So currently we need to decide and choose home owners insurance so we can finalize the escrow details. I got quotes from multiple in...

And rentals, even in good appreciation times, can't hold a candle to the trajectory of successful flips, IF you are redeploying the capital into another flip to keep it growing, and not spending it.

There are some good reasons behind this perception as much any distances traveled by bus above say just 3-4 miles can have significant absolute deviation (traffic delays appear quite evenly spread across the short distance from these towns, not just "getting stuck in front of tunnel")That said much of Union City/Weehawken are impressively close to Midtown Manhattan from a pure distance perspective (within 3-4 miles) and most of Jersey City except Downtown can't hold a candle to their commute times to there in particular. 

100% correct @Kyle Hipp. I

Example ; You don’t want a 25 year old hIppy/ band member Guy upstairs and an elderly couple downstairs .be very mindful of how you pick your tenants or you are going to have headaches like this .

Too bad you don't have an additional program to help them not need that second chance--even a small one.You know, like burning the candle at both ends.Good Luck!

We were asked: "Why don't you provide shower caps," "Why don't you light citronella candles outside the front door when we arrive so a bug doesn't get inside?"

I have all of the things in the example lease, and I added extra clauses for things like keeping track of keys and locksmiths, burning candles and grills safely, cleaning and lawncare, an expanded clause on not clogging drains, no pools, etc.

I had a hippie aunt and uncle in the 1970's who saved and lived frugally.