And it was among the stupidest decisions I've ever made in my life, because I too was stuck with a poor dad who knew less than nothing about money.

Fall River and New Bedford are among the lowest rents, but almost anywhere else, renters can buy a home for what they already spend in rent.I think those kinds of properties will continue to appreciate.Parts of New Bedford near the waterfront have really been cleaned up.  

In the near term, he said TCW will focus on higher-rated securities that he believes will be among the first to recover.He said he expects credit-rating companies to continue to downgrade many mortgage-backed securities and for mortgage delinquencies to keep rising, making some investors eager sellers.Mr.

A friend of mine's kid and a {now} former tenant are among the original group who started it.  

I too self-manage on the handful of local properties I own, but would turn them over to a good manager (and I know several) in a heartbeat if management started chewing away at my time.We basically see three types of self-managed owners:Landlords with under 10-15 local propertiesThese owners tend to be among the best landlords in our community.  

I've heard that Ontario is among the most tenant-favoured jurisdictions in all of North America.

You sort of get used to things not working out and among the many things to not work out, honestly, having the bank not follow through is the least worst thing that can happen.Worst thing is probably buying or being stuck buying a place that turns out to be a stretch beyond your technical or financial means or thinking you can handle it only to find out everything behind the walls is not what the inspector said it was, hence their trap door clause "based on visual inspection".Wish you the best, if it's a good deal hopefully you can come up with a short term cash or hard money solution and quickly refinance.

This way we can always touch up or 'share' materials among the houses and its never a memory problem for me.

For newer investors, I've found Lima One to be the best bang for the buck among the national lenders. 

It looks like it fits in among the other homes that have been for rent this spring at that price.It's 1.5 miles to downtown.