And its good to keep things light and not so serious all the time.. but thats probably why your vote to post is the way it is.. 100's of posts with nothing more than  a bucket of pop corn  LOL.. now keep in mind I dont know how to put any pictures on BP  or any cartoons or anything like that I would have to have my granddaughter come over and show me how to do it.. and then I would forget how to do it anyway..

My tenants all get along and the homes are very clean every time I pop in to collect rent in my lock boxes some people drop cash in.

He has to hit certain markers that small mom and pops will never have to address in terms of yield.

Reminder that the mom-n-pop restaurant where the mom and the pop each work 70 hours a week, and at the end of the day the net profit they pay themselves from is $80k in total.

. - I didn't search for non-recourse, that just popped up by dumb luck. - The 3rd lender, on the right, with the best rate, requires that one borrower/sponsor be experienced in the asset class, and that they personally live local to the property. - 1 regional lender (Pima + 1 other county), 1 state-wide lender (AZ), and 1 national lender, not in that order, is represented here. 

You can add a vacancy allowance in your calculations when you vet the property but you never know when something unexpected may pop up.

Just pop on Pace Morby they talk about it at length..

Also run a small, literally mom and pop, IT business.

My hang up is getting to that expansion before issues pop up.Comps as is were $1.1 mil.

.- 10% Pop Growth over the past 10 Years- 10% Job Growth over the past 10 Years- Low Crime- High Appreciation- Manageable Entry Prices- At least 30% Renter PopulationHere's an example of all those rules of thumb with a crime map of Austin, TX.