If you're dead-set on taking on more debt, based on your personal track record and particular situation calculations, I'd definitely go for a rental over a flip - sure, the profit's bigger, but a) it's a one-off and not regular income, couple with the fact that b) it's far more risky.If the rental situation around your roaming grounds isn't that attractive, there's nothing that prevents you from researching out of city (or state, or country, or continent) providers - the world's your oyster, with today's technology.

As a recent network and systems administrator - I get technology.

You may want to look into technology as well like new smart devices such as thermostat, lights and so on.

My name is Thomas Jeffery Sadler, everyone calls me Jeff.I live in North Florida (Perry/Tallahassee Area), with my wife Christina and three children, Aiden (Age 8), Zachery (Age 12) and Gabriel (Age 14).In 1993, I joined the United States Marine Corps to serve my country.In 1997, I left the United States Marine Corps and started a career in the Criminal Justice field.After being in Criminal Justice for many years, I decided it wasn’t for me and changed my career path to Information Technology.I have worked in Information Technology working in various different disciplines from Network Engineer, Application Analyst, to a Field Service Engineer implementing technology solutions within the Healthcare environment.I am pursuing my MBA to gain more business knowledge,I look forward to gaining more real estate knowledge to prepare myself for the future. 

My interests tend to be on the technology side of the spectrum with sports mixed in.I bought my first condo in Boston at the end of 2012 with the plan to live in it for a few years, then buy another, before renting the first out.

Electrical engineering degree, MBA and a bunch of corporate experience in the technology sector.

There are serious generational gaps with strategy, motivation, intention, technology, and wealth that prohibit constructive interaction much more than gender. 

If I'm not wearing the uniform myself, I can think of nothing I'd rather do than lead teams that help to provide our service men and women with the technology they need to carry out their mission and return home safely.

I see all the Guru infomercials and wouldn't buy anything new from them because I'm in enterprise technology sales and know that if it sounds to good to be true it usually is.

We have about 300 units under management, and utilize the newest technologies and tools, and we typically run a 97% occupancy rate across our entire portfolio at any given time.