This is how wealth has been grown for years for many people.  

Grown men don’t need to be scared to ride the subway heck even little kids take it to get to school every day without their parents.

I've grown tired of moving and always on the lookout for the next job due to the instability in the industry.  

My company has just grown organically - we've never advertised per se. 

I now currently work for a PM in Milwaukee that has the same focus as you, to provide quality property management and we have prioritized quality over quantity as we have grown our business.

Would be interesting to hear experiences others have had..The expectation for rent being used to help build credit has slowly grown over the years.

Wow; This thread has grown a lot over the last few years!

I’m having issues with them as they’ve grown & only worried about their  reputation & anyway to make extra money.

When I started, I used a $64K HELOC, and today, I’ve grown it into a $3,000,000+ portfolio.That being said, BE EXTREMELY PICKY with your first property.

Here's what I do....again it may be controversial, but there is such an enormous pool of tenants that have vouchers that I can do this and still have plenty of people...No smoking of any kind.....I don't care if you have a card that says you need "it" for medical reasons.No evictions, ever.No felonies in the last 5 years.No dangerous breed "animals" or pets  and when fully grown the pet can't weigh more than 20 lbs.They will pay for a background check through SmartMove that costs $40.00I don't care what "story" they have, I don't sign the RFTA package until they give me one full months depositI actually don't care what their credit score is because the housing authority pays most of their rent.I don't care about their oncome because the housing authority pays most if not all of their rent.