Rents will go up and your biggest mistake was to buy a nice house in a desirable neighborhood.The real threat is buying in the hood, leveraged up to the gills, maybe even with hard money, tenants are bleeding you dry, while you are writing checks to attorneys and contractors.Milwaukee is getting a lot of attention lately: cash flow is still better than most places and appreciation is stable at 5-8%.

I recommend you focus on a job that increases income, allowing you to save up and invest.

I think you should focus on saving up and buying your own investments.

Let me know if you ever find anything up in NorCal.

Rates were still low, we ended up getting 3.0% on our loan.

Hi John, My wife and I attended a meet up in Tega Cay, SC last Saturday and have been looking into more around the Charlotte area.

The county tells me I could add up to 3 ADU's, one in the basement (at the same time as replacing the foundation) and two detached ADU's.Adding any number of ADU's has the potential to double my current cash flow.  

A man much smarter than I once said, "You will never make up for one month's lost rent, if it's not renting at your current price, drop the price a $100 per week until you find someone". 

Active listings are down from August, but up over 22% from last year. 

The first lawyer handles anything that comes up normally in the course of business and often operates on his/her time as opposed to being the fastest.