That's a big danger starting out.

• Typically occupied by blue collar workers and even some Section 8 tenants • Usually have below market rental rates • The projects have fewer amenities • Renters by necessity

The higher the price, the fewer the lookers.Buyers and buyer agents are busy.

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If investors began understanding the basics of RE, there would be about 50,000 fewer posts on BP.So, when you look at any potential deal, you're not looking at just a house, you're looking at a set of rights in title, referred to as the "bundle of rights" usually explained in chapter two of any RE text book.

And be safe @Narelle Myke - it's a tough city (depending on where in Newark you are) and landlords face potential danger when dealing in certain neighborhoods.

Like him or not, one of the best things about former Fed Chair Bernanke was that he had studied the Depression and knew the danger the economy faced.

It just seems there are fewer and fewer decent starting-salary positions out there and a lot more low-paying jobs.

My biggest hang up on the single family market at this point is that I just can't make as much money, though the potentially higher quality tenant and fewer maintenance calls may be worth that, I don't know.On the single family home I am looking at, I would clear about $250-$275.

I think it would very dangerous to try it with no experience at all in renting properties.