What if only the tenant is sued, or only the landlord?

Investment Criteria:• “Core” strategy – High-quality properties with minimal renovations or maintenance issues• Stable tenants & cash flow – Long-term leases, steady occupancy• Commercial preference (?)

From personal experience, there are multiple issues that can pop up and it is nice to be local to deal with them.

I've used her for the last three years, and she's been good to work with, and proactive when I've had issues with tenants. 

On the other side of the spectrum you have the investors posting in these forums about the contractor who walk off the job and shares how they hired them to do a SFR gut reno with updating mechanicals, new roof etc. for $45k and is wondering why they are running into issues. 

I want enough money coming in so the business can sustain itself when issues occur with maintenance or vacancy.If you wanted to do this with only 20% down ($46,000), which is all you need for a conventional loan, here is how the calculations change.Total mortgage + escrow $1,493.33 per month with cashflow reduced to $306.67 per month.I prefer to overestimate purchase price, interest rates, and homeowners’ insurance to be conservative.

The issue is building a single small residential unit is some of the most expensive development.Here is a list of why adding a single ADU in single family zoned areas in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

.🛠 Tech issues?

Effort is still required to communicate with the Craigslist advertisers, but having software to lift the deals out of Craigslist would surely be worth $1,000. 

I think a lot of the midwest cities will capitalize on that in the coming years with the housing affordability issues the country as a whole has been having.