At the end of the 3 day workshop, our instructor gave us all his contact info: JaYEson Jones@legacyeducation2) An aggressive representative told each of us individually to lie about our earned annual income. 

The desirability of a neighborhood changes from block to block and crime is generally higher than neighboring suburbs.  

., formerly HHC) earning a base salary and overtime pay that are nearly identical to what you posted here.

@Hsin-I Hsu  It depends on your long term goals, risk tolerance and earning potential.A couple of bay area sayings:   Any time you can afford to buy real estate you should.  

I’d say a save MINIMUM would be if you could earn that 5% return with 8 months of rent it’s better than the bank.

Aging reports would be another avenue to explore, but again, may not even have these.Lastly, while maybe this property is in a desirable area of town with strong demand from highly qualified tenants, but I get the impression this is a rough part of town, with very limited demand from tenants.

Quote from @Kyle Luman: I just listened to the recent BP podcast with Dr Benjamin Aaker and Dave Meyer from a couple of weeks ago.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1045There was a section where Dr Aaker talks about focusing on equity and trying to avoid cash flow since he didn't want more income presently while earning money as a physician. 

From what I’m seeing, people are still traveling and making plans, especially for vacation rentals in desirable areas.

We not only lost our hard-earned money but on top of everything, our health suffered, I had several sleepless nights due to the stress and anxiety that this horrible experience created for my wife and me.After the buy-back was completed, I approached Maverick to at least help us with our losses by requesting us to give back ~$6000.

You’d earn 0% on your $275k.