First, have a great team of people who can handle whatever you need, with a handyman/contracter as the centerpiece (and a good property manager too if you can't do it yourself) I think Michael Seeker hit it on the head with those 3 points.

It will be interesting to see how this trend takes shape in the next few years and if we see large scale development hit the ground anytime soon.

I am paying $225 per season, which includes the driveway, sidewalk, and the walkway from the drive to the porch.This is my first season with this company and so far they seem to be doing a good job, they work in Oakland County though so not sure if they would hit Redford.

Some pay for home warranties for this purpose but those are quite hit or miss (more miss than hit) so I don't use them.I have trusted trades or use Yelp or Angie's List as back-ups.Yes, you will have problems that require you to go a few trades deep to fix but that's part of the price of admission in my eyes.

Very hit or miss.

Hello all,I'm currently living in Germany for work (not sure on how long my family and I will stay here but we're hoping for the long run) and own a property (lived in for just over two years) in Northern Virginia, which is currently being rented out (and managed by a PM firm).I would like to own multiple residential properties to serve as extra income and eventually move onto commercial investments (or possible multi-family properties, such as apartment buildings).I'm here to look for advice on how someone in my situation could start pursuing this goal.

Paul -- hope you hit your targeted profits on this deal!

Max here...I've hit a figurative brick wall!

I'm looking for my first property to be a 2-4 family preferable in Northern Kentucky or some parts of Cincinnati's east side.I can give more info but basically now that I'm approved I need to get as much help as possible evaluating properties.

I spent almost 10 years in the woods of Northern Maine, the only guy for a mile in every direction, and I am seriously motivated to plop my but into a rocking chair on a wrap around porch in the middle 100 acres ....Experiences, critiques, questions, etc are all welcome.