weigh out the risk ,come from a worst case scenario approach , the most important thing in my opinion is screening the tenant,i have 2 properties near the West End Mall close to Fort McPhearson,even though its a low income area dosent mean that all the tenants are bad or don't pay ,you just have to find them ,I did and I'm far from being some kind of guru  Good Luck!

Ralegh appears to be the worst of any I've heard and has an awful reputation on this forum, there are plenty of others that are a pleasure to work with.

Since you disagree with Ramsey (rightfully so), avalanche the mortgages, rather than snowballing them, unless you would save more by eliminating the PMI from smaller mortgages..

At worst case scenario the court said they would evict, usually the court will give them 7 days to vacate if the tenant requests it.

Every property and area is different and none of us really have enough info to know, but personally I would guess worst case his numbers are more like 5% management, 10% maintenance/repairs/capex, and 5% vacancy (and I really think those numbers are way worst case).

This has been a year long process and the worst part is we had the house under contract and on the closing day the DA contacted the title company and stopped he sale.If you haven't seen the John Oliver show you should check out he one about civil asset forfeiture, it's amazing what the city can do.

I can plan my calculations at worst case and if it cash flows its right for me.

It is one of the the worst blocks in Minneapolis.

Evictions are the worst part of the business, especially in MA.

This is what I'm doing.....and it's NOT for everyone.I bought a duplex in "the hood" in Oakland...Not every part of Oakland is bad, but my zip code is "The Worst".