Again, Flipper, you have managed to skirt the issues I brought up and stick mainly to the insults on me. 90% of your post that clarified your first post was aimed and calling me 'clueless' and 'ignorant' rather than examining or answering the questions I brought up.Sorry man but I don't consider your cheap shots, one-liners and strategically capitalized words real responses.But keep up the good work of posting extremely irresponsible statements and then when questioned, attacking the character of the person asking for an explanation.As much as you would like to think, the world front is not Candy-Land right now.

Note where the changes come from.“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.â€Everything starts in your head.

One of the most important attributes needed for any relationship with a real estate broker is a solid foundation of trust and diligence.

I honor what I quote from the FIRST phone call, and believe my strongest attribute, and the main reason to use me, is integrity!

Life is a team sport" is attributed to Michael Waltrio (soon to drive the #55 NAPA TOYOTA in 2007) in Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul and is featured on the blue Hendrick Motor Sport wrist band.

So my suggestion is to focus on finding tenants whose vouchers will cover 100% of your rent.Also regarding character of the tenants: it's a mixed bag of good and bad.

However, any gain attributable to depreciation is TAXABLE.I guess it depends on (1) the amount of gain, I live in TX and we pretty weak housing appreciation, (2) the hassle factor attributable to moving and (3) how much of a step down is it to go from your current (rich landlord) home to move into one of the slums that are your rentals, LOL.If the mortgages are nearly paid you're reaching the point where the cash flow gets really schweeeeeet!

But also, you can't really reliably judge a person's character or how good of a tenant they'll be based on gender.

I would attribute that to a lack of years of diligent effort and commitment.Whatever you decide to do, understand that to be successful you will have to give years of your life in diligently pursuing your goals with commitment and effort.

You need to find a comparable size house (bedrooms, baths, and square footage) with similar attributes and in the same area to be able to accurately determine its true value.Then you would need to determine an accurate estimate of repairs/updates needed to sell the property for that area.