That combined with a strong positive cash flow potential and an economical growth rate that rivals other larger metropolitan cities is a huge plus.

My frustration with property management rivals my other big problem which is finding and retaining viable tenants.

Otherwise, he's going to be bitter, she will come in and not work out, the other people will object.

If you don't have family and friends to share your life, then you will become a bitter old man some day. 

It is not going to make you want to use that wholesaler anymore and it is going to put a bitter taste in your mouth toward real estate investing. 

The two cities are rivals.

I try to have the best of both worlds and than some....I work for a fairly large corporation and make decent money, have good benefits, 401k and some great perks at work...In edition I self manage approx. 25 doors and this rivals my W-2 income...

@Sridhar Ramakrishnan, 18 years of appreciation and depreciation recapture is a bitter pill to swallow just to transition into defensive investments like munis. 

You can never really trust a bitter tenant on their way out.

Kenneth Johnson we were probably rivals then because I went to Dougherty High.