Can you afford to work with those who don't have the depth of experience, the network, the structure, and the commitment to keep you out of trouble?

Long-term investment should cover income shortfalls and consider alternative markets outside San Francisco or affordable markets like Texas, Ohio, or Arizona.

It's because agents aren't understanding affordability is constrained.

If you start in an affordable Sunbelt city like Birmingham or Montgomery, for example, you can acquire a turnkey rental in a B or C neighborhood for around $120,000.

I also need to liquidate in order to afford to purchase a new primary.

While having a few vacant units I keep on receiving applications from tenants with a nice percentage of these applicants have in their record an eviction..Question to everyone, Would you even entertain an application  with an eviction on their records if you own properties in lower income area's?

In any case, it's generally more affordable than NJ especially when it comes to property tax so I don't think you're off-base looking in that area.

I would assume your brokerage would not be able to afford to pay for the E/O it would cost you Most E&O policies will pay out 0%, or cancel altogether if 25% of the transactions are dual agency.

I can afford the loss.

@Nathan Gesner My justification for taking the risk is that I have a solid W2 job so I can afford to take a hit for a couple of months for vacancies and maintenance.