Especially the days when you discover that big capex like a roof being blow off (happened 2 years ago), some tweakers climbed up on the roof and gutted the A/C (did two of those in the last 12 months), an evap cooler leaked for so long that the drywall on the ceiling of the kids bedroom caved in (last year), the hot water heater blew a hose and a major leak went unnoticed for 10 hours flooding the hall, kitchen and living room (dealing with that now), the tenant smelled gas outside, the gas company came and shut off the gas because the underground pipe is corroded AND also discovered that the water heater is not venting properly so it got red tagged (just dealt with that last month) or the time the tenant "invited" a homeless guy over, he moved in, then called his other homeless buddy up and he parked his crappy RV with his entire family living in it in the driveway.

I have not actually closed on it though so take that into consideration; it's only words right now not experience from my side.

I would try getting a duplex with 3 bedrooms on each side and rent each room for $500 per month to rich college kids getting their rent paid by their parents.As for the $1,000 per month for every $100,000 in purchase price, that's going to be extremely rare.

In a very hot market like mine there are truck loads of realtors looking at EVERYTHING that hits the market.

Well i have been working full time as a door man since i was 18 also doing a bit of construction on the side , since that age i have been saving and strategizing a way to get my first property.

I'm more on the creative side of real restate, and was wondering can we connect and talk about some things?

My goal is to buy a duplex, rent one side, live in the other side and rent out my current single family.

This is a straight business agreement with obligations on both sides that do not require or deserve any rewards.

The market here in Lexington is really hot right now and deals are hard to find, but they can be found. 

(After all, it has been three months and the market is red hot and appreciating, and they are owed $200k and counting on the mortgage!).