Union City I tend to avoid, there are a few pockets that work for MTR but for the most part the city's rental laws make life very tough for landlords. 

Pad Split tends to have shorter stays. 

This tends to be the issue with these lower cost homes, unless you buy them very very cheap.

Because you already invested and presumably can't get out, your brain will automatically be selective and tend to trust the positive information and ignore bad information.

I tend to find my own properties and deal with the realtors directly but having a realtor if you are brand new to the area, is helpful. 

These tenants tend to stay longer because they know they'll have a harder time finding a smaller house.  

I have noticed that wealthy people tend to use trusts more than LLC's, and I'm guessing there's a reason for that.

@Robert Lum  you bet you can troll around a site like BP read their books listen to the pod cast of those that are successful and talk about their business's.. its inspiring and motivational.but if you really want to learn the nuts and bolts you need to get in the game.the best and least expensive way to do that is to simply take a pre license course in your state.. learn the laws ( the real laws not the BS that is talk about on line).. terminology etc. then go to work with a brokerage in the aspect of Real estate that interest  you.. there you will get REAL training by those that are successful you get on a team.. you get paid as you learn.

It will be work doing something you believe in with odds of success with the outcome.Any avenue takes work because the top 10% in any field that are very good at what they do tend to make the most money.

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: it all depends on the credit scores, but consumer mortgages tend to have lower interest rates than commercial loans.