The cash flow does improve with the hold .  

You can attend all the REIAs and read all the books and sign up for all the conferences, and spend all the money, and you are will never really know you can do it until you do.Over 20 years in real estate in various forms and roles, action will beat out intelligence or education or even network 100% of the time.  

So yes, you can have solid concrete walls, it's still going to burn down.I have read that worst case up to 80 million Americans will relocate in the next three decades.

I have house hacked and it was awesome for the most part.

They've violated the lease, and the chances of them making a long-term change to become a decent tenant are slim. 

Love your mindset—real estate is a long game, and you're starting with the right attitude!

Often, these investors buy bundles (tapes) of defaulted loans at a great discount to the principal balance and then create workout agreements with the borrowers to get the notes to perform.

I asked if there was anything else we could try, he got very angry and demanded I pay him in full.

The laws favor the tenants and they change frequently.

I'm curious which of the books you've read and why you didn't like them?