This way, you can have a clearer understanding of what you want to do before making that initial investment.All the best!

Is the property & tenants mostly easy to manage or is it taking up a lot of your time?

In more than half the country you don’t even bother with cash for keys because evictions are simple, fast and cheap.The part of the system that’s broken if you’re doing “a lot” of evictions is your screening.

There are a lot of accidental partnerships created.Would the accidental partnership apply even to my wife?  

Hey Allen,A lot of great opportunities in and around the Birmingham market, and really it becomes identifying the right neighborhoods and pockets of communities.The margins can also be pretty thin.

Floating rate loans may help cash flow early in deal, but put a lot of risk into deals. 

Entitling land is capital intensive and presents a number of risks. 

You’re definitely on the right track thinking through tenant demand upfront, especially with a lot of similar inventory sitting.For marketing, Zillow is really it.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Quote from @Michael Baum: I am not sure I agree 100% with this @Erica Dike.There are a lot of overlap in all those demographics and if I can create a space for multiple demos, then that is what I will do.Our place fits will for most of these with the exception of luxury folks.