Both can lose their job, both can get sick, both can sustain injury, divorce, etc.

If you had a ton of cash, you could buy a ton of leads; however, without real relationships intact, it would be difficult to build a sustainable business.I hope this helps!

There is a thread in another forum,"about to sign for home sustain injury ...a week away from making settlement on home...when mother suffered a spinal cord injury.

I would seriously consider taking some of the wise advice people have given you and bettering your own life and becoming self-supporting through a sustainable good job of your very own.

These are VERY variable cap rates and there is no guarantee of sustainability.

In order to sustain a neighborhood to ensure home appreciation and a sense of ownership in the community you must have a fair number of homeowners in the area. 

To me, only people who struggle to get individuals to "check all boxes" and end up having empty units for sustained periods would say the stuff they are alluding to here.

The gov can drastically change profit margins and the way we do business.As for general economic outlook, I believe we will have economic issues because 8 percent average annual returns on the s&p isn't sustainable.

Our purchase price was low and we were able to sustain through the tough times this year.

If you can train your tenants to change the filter every month, then more power to you........But in the vast majority of situations, that menial task is rarely done by most tenants.....kind of like having your dentist tell you to floss every day :) Some do it, but most wont...at least not on any regular basis for a sustained time.Must be different in CA....or my house...I change the filter every 6-12 months and its is barely dirty.