(I'd like to observe how it's run before signing up.)

I was a Boy Scout and feel this is a very good life-long motto.Be prepared for the what ifs.Almost 50 years of experience and observation has taught me the number of ways to avoid debt when being involved in real estate investments is limited only by one's mind.

Just an observation.

How often were you observing the property to know about it? 

Some observations as a hood investor.

You never know where you can find inspiration for the future without guessing about the look.Hi JenThat is really some good observation that you carried out :)I hope to get some inspiration from you.Thanks a lot for quoting on my article

I'm not a credit score expert, but a few observations...This article appears to be a year old (2010 vs. 2011), unless the author still hasn't adjusted to the new year.Any article from ezinearticles.com needs to be taken for what it is, which is a marketing tool to get people to click their links at the bottom.My understanding is that your credit score from the Big 3 is not the same as a FICO, which is a score calculated by Fair Isaacon (sp?)

Building your brand, being excellent at stuff, is very expensive not to do because it's related to tenant happiness, longevity and referrals.In my observation, when people talk about living or not living in the places they rent out, they are touching somehow on this concept: that the area, house, schools, whatever, match their (undefined?)

I return to the initial observation: renters don't have much money.

As a Realtor(R) and PM, I have observed many licensees that were poor PMs.