If you start slowly, it gives you time to learn and network, and in the meantime, you increase rents and your mortgage stays the same, which opens that gap in your DTI. 

I like to stay within 30 mins from home but know I need to branch out. 

@Marisa Faulkner it is very rare that someone drops w2 and stays in RE.

I'm not particular about staying in Durham as I plan to take as passive an approach as I can (to that end I've been listening to the Passive Real Estate Investing podcast, but Norada is US and I'm not looking to go to the US quite yet if ever).  

As long as they have done nothing wrong a judge could let them stay if they agree to pay the rent.

Payment is in your bank by the 1st or they can’t stay.

With Detroit I stay clear of war zones, and pay attention to the client base, by this who is my target renter. 

I would ask your self how much of that revenue would truly stay when he were gone...

She did not leave, so i went to file for an order of possession, she left the property the night before the eviction date, since i drove by the property everyday i kind of knew she was going to stay there until the last minute, i saw when she started moving and followed them, so i know where she lives now.

Neighborhoods to stay away from?