We are, conservatively, about 10 years from retirement age.

That will let you know if you have a supply line leak somewhere.With HVAC, the general age shoudl give you a good indicator on how much life it has left.

At what age did you get into Real Estate Investing, and why?

Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words, redistribution of wealth.She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed.

By the age of 5, they can't form a sentence and their parents don't seem to notice.

This is more work than many investors are willing to do and more work than almost all owner occupants are willing to do, so there's less competition when I buy- Houses this age generally don't have structural issues.

The SFR's I am looking at are as follows: - built from 2008 to 2010 - Cost to build new from $149k to $155k (same cost to build now) - Target acquisition prices of $133k to $139k (through short sales and FSBO's) - Monthly rents of $1,200 to $1,350 per house - Annual taxes of $2,000 per house - Annual insurance of $900 per house - Maintenance should be lower than normal for awhile due to age of housesBy my calculation, I am looking at being in these houses at CAP rates between 8% and 8.5%.

There was a course written by a husband wife team in California in the early 50's I think maybe 60's that was the holy grail, Old age, I can't remember the names but I got my hands on it when a very successful note investor died and I was handling the sale of his home.

There is no requirement to have insulated glass, but what is common for the area, style and age will carry more weight.

BTW, in this day and age with the economy the way it is....look into purchasing stuff locally or ask for referals.