A simple piece of flashing that goes missing from from a can cost you $500 today but might cost you a lot more tomorrow.

Interesting to hear there are anti-RK folks out there, but then again, aren't all public figures subject to scrutiny....I just signed up to download your book -- great looking website and nice logo.Here's a question fitting for the newbie forum: what's the one piece of advice you wish you could go back and tell yourself before your first purchase?

It's an Oped piece requesting the city council roll back some laws. 10 years too late. 

It enables you to take advantage of a smaller, if any, down payment while owning/controlling a piece of real estate.

After expenses should be 10k a piece for you and your partner most likely tax free, which in the Midwest is a very good start.

The part about 'foreign national loan' companies assigning a credit score was a piece of the puzzle I was missing.   

Overall, I would say not to let the compliance piece scare you away. 

There's a real attachment to furniture pieces.

That said, I'll share a few pieces of information that I think will be helpful. 

The language barrier was the most difficult piece in my experience but I also ran into legal issues where the party that defaulted on their contract was connected so there wasn’t much I could do to get what I was owed.