, but if you dont want to give that $90+/mth to those guys, or just need to stretch a tight budget til things start rolling, then give it a shot.

Your hero shot will likely be your fun backyard. 

I realize DoorLoop may not compete with Buildium for you guys who have 100+ doors, but are there any a smaller managers like me out there who have given it a shot?

I figured I would give it a shot and I'm really glad I did!

Since I am familiar with stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) already, I thought why not give it a shot and see what is in for me in this industry?

Someone sent me this screen shot from a prominent real estate "guru's" social media.

While I agree that the tenant who shot a hole in your floor should be responsible for the damages, if I was the tenant below, I would want to leave, not attend a party with the person who literally could have killed me due to their incredible gross negligence.Pending legal restrictions, this would be the end of my wanting the business of the upstairs tenant.

But residential real estate is as good a way as any I know to have a fair shot at retaining the real value of a piece of this $10M portfolio and ensuring that the income stream is, more or less, allowed to flow with about the same amount of real cash flow for a generation or two.Housing is 30-35% of CPI, so residential real estate is  essentially by definition inflation adjusted.

If you told him you have been playing pickup games for the past year and need help improving your jump shot, now he has evidence you're motivated and a specific goal he can quickly help you work towards.

In July of 2007 I got randomly shot at while driving by on Sw 6th St.