If I were starting out now, I’d focus on markets that balance affordability with solid rental demand, both for short-term and long-term rentals.

I am entertaining this, as a passive option, just wondering what other people's experiences (and returns?)

A lot of voucher tenants actually can afford to not live in the worst parts of Baltimore but won't live in the best either. 

I will try to post some entertaining updates on here and less nitty gritty like this or maybe mix them both up.love yall!

I will entertain Christina this afternoon to learn more and report back.

If you can't afford to pay what they're worth, just talk to them, and they might put more effort into reducing the deal cost so you can save money in other ways.

These are the pros and cons of these markets as I see it: Riverside: Larger units with more bedrooms; I can afford better neighborhood with less crime (50 percentile); properties are less old but ugly. 

If you can’t explain something yourself, and need to refer to someone else’s explanation via video, perhaps you shouldn’t be posting about it in the first place.In two years or after the next recession you and all your co workers will be selling something else when your “clients” are left with investments down 50% in value and homes with loans they can’t afford.  

Cash for keys is common, and frequently the part that keeps tenants from moving forward is not having an affordable place to go to.

@Julie J.My recommendation would be to wait until you can afford a home with traditional financing.