Also you may wish to check out local investor groups such as Black Diamond REI in southern Mass and RIREIG in Rhode Island.Since you just bought your first property, I would recommend taking at least 6 months, 12 would be better, learning how to be a landlord of your first rental unit before acquiring another one.Learn about renting a unit out, tenant screening, collecting rent, repairs, capital improvements, handling moveouts, etc.

It's also my job to keep clients from crossing clear black & white lines.

Of course they choose to paint the bedroom, and ceiling, black.

As a matter of policy, you advise clients to stay well in the black and away from the grey. 

But when it’s black & white, I should advise the client to follow the law.

I'm still in the black by a good margin but I don't want to maintain the property all winter and there's no sure thing of selling in spring.On the other hand, my Greenlake rental flew.  

That's why I choose to try and keep things as black and white as possible with actions that I can directly tie to a statute. 

cold glass, ice clicking in the glass.. ptchhhht, bottle opens.. gobble gobble pssshhhhhht as the gas settles pouring in that black liquid heart attack goodness... glub glub.. and the famous "Ahhhhhhhhhh"?

Sometimes a black hole passes through and devours a room.

The wife swore she saw 3 cats (all black) & after finishing the repairs she spent an hour searching for the 3rd cat.