Hey @Bob Green I sent you a connection request -- I have a very similar question.

@Bob Green, I 'd love to know more about what you do or pick your brain for a few, Chicago suburbs is where I am staring out.

NOT the bottom .. the bottom are trouble long term.. the top are usually the best tenants.let me explain a little and I am stealing this one from Chris Clothier.rents 600.. to qualify you need 3X  that's 1,800 a month.. that leaves 1,200 for the rest of your bills. so they are living week to week on little upset and your not getting your rent.now take 1,200 rent  3X is 3,600  now they have 2,400 to live on for the month.. we all eat the same food pay basically the same in UTLS.. and gas is gas etc etc. who do you think long term will be more stable.

Since it's my first deal I also feel like I may be too "green" and not wanting to make a mistake of jumping on the "first deal that knocks on the door" so to speak.

My eat sleeps and breathes renovation loans and we dont even offer this program.

On the first page, there should be a menu on the left and side.Click vendors.Then look in the upper right hand corner and click the green button that reads "new vendor"

It's a good time to sell, not buy in texas.Taxes are eating into cash flow.  

@Jim Murray  If there was an emoji for Zeke Elliot doing his "let me eat" gesture, I would post it right here! 

I went back to college and had a lot less time on my hands, but I set aside an hour each day to read his books (on top of reading while eating most of my meals).

Rinse and repeat until you have enough passive income to quit the rat race.http://www.coachcarson.com/debt-snowball-plan/It's kind of a hybrid approach so you get the security of paying off your properties, but don't have to eat quite as much opportunity cost while you wait to save up enough capital to buy with cash.