No one wants to catch the falling knife, but there’s room for optimism. 

Personally I enjoy optimizing my properties.

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This business requires hard work, and if you're not willing to use the search bar or the menu at the top of the page, you're going to be very disappointed when it comes time to actually looking for properties...  :-)Now, if you've done some research and have some specific questions (or need clarification on something), that's the kind of thing that we love to respond to, because those of the things that we haven't answered over and over already.All that said, you might want to check this out:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/06/04...

The time you spend will be directly related to your investment strategy, the quality of the properties, and quality of tenants you are able to attract with them.I developed my strategy while holding a full time job, so developing a strategy in which I could minimize my time spent on property management, and optimize cash flow was key!

Every time I play with snakes....Thank you for bringing to light the pain (not to mention the thousands and thousands of fees) to optimize ones ROI through equity harvesting, equity-stripping, leveraging your assets or whatever the latest 'sophisticated' way is to grow.  

:)  In an optimal world, we will buy a home where we would like to stay in for the next decade, but with the current prices where they are, I think we'll end up purchasing a home that will become a rental property.  

So this is the way I've read is the optimal way to do it...Get new policy with myself as first insured, seller as additional insured (since their name is still on the mortgage), and bank as mortgagee. 

Since our inception in 2004, we've continued to grow our national market presence through our customer-friendly approach, optimized Best Practices, and highly-efficient business model with driveway-friendly, Dumpster delivery and hauling service for any of Junk, Trash, yard-waste and construction or demolition Debris to Residential Homeowners/Renters, Commercial business and contractors, including tradespeople such as Roofers, Disaster Restoration Specialists, Window Replacement Cos., Home Builders, Handymen, and Real Estate Investors, for instance.Our new Greater Pittsburgh area franchise will initially service Allegheny County, and within the next few months, will also service portions of the counties of Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, and Westmoreland.