For those of you with keyword alerts set up, that's The Big Apple, The City that Never Sleeps, The Empire City, Gotham ...I've been interested in real estate since the first time I saw This Old House many, many years ago.

If you get a few bad apples, they can ruin it for everyone, and the construction type is not very soundproof so tenants can become discouraged and leave, leaving you in a position where you are forced to accept less desirable tenants.What is the best way to prevent this from happening? 

I saw in the business section yesterday that Apple shares fell 6% because of disappointing iPhone sales.

I like Section 8 tenats, and they have done well by me (don't get me wrong, I have had some bad apples) but I really have nailed down how to screen them and I have become half animal as well, meaning they know not to break the rules, as I don't play by the typical landlord rules.

Comparing different classes of neighborhoods is like comparing apples to oranges.

There are if I remember correctly 8 criteria, any 1 can upset the apple cart.

If you pull the funds from the Roth IRA early, you forsake years of tax free growth that IRA principal could be producing.As I have said many times on BP, comparing after-tax real estate investing to investing in an IRA (Roth or Tax Deferred) is apples and oranges.  

Or am I trying to make and apple into an orange?  

Even if it is a valid one later there is a warning going out to the seller.... there has to be something wrong here, that guy is a snake and always running an angle, I would be careful about anything he offers and I for sure wouldn't buy an apple from him.

Apple announces $2B global commander center in Arizonahttp://www.cnbc.com/2015/02/02/apple-announces-2b-...4.