Vertical blinds are the worst...always blowing in the wind making noise and ultimately breaking and dropping slats due to their constant motion and cheap plastic parts.

I am used to working 12 hour days and have worked 18 hour shifts in the past and will gladly go back into that grind if it means I get to learn about real estate. 

Lots of noise...tells me the neighbors will be calling me and code enforcement will be sending love notes.Vet other ways and the walk will be a non-event.Hope this helps...

And if really strapped but willing to grind, one can do options for wholesaling.

hi there i have been going over so much of what BP offers that its overwhelming. i have turned down all the noise in my head and arrived at the following starting out proposition - really looking for others who may have started out this way or can share their experience.i have a home in southern california for 6 years. will stay for another 4-5 years more there. both my wife and i are on the deed but i have the mortgage.TO start out, i am thinking to start the investment in southern california.* buy a home at least 50 miles away as a vacation home. * one under myself and another under my wife's name.* assuming a second-home loan applies to each of us.* put down 3.5-5% so as to preserve my capital (for out of state for instance).* rent it - to cover all expenses; not looking for cash-flow* this is more for experience and confidence building* this is a buy-and-hold, not a flip - house is newer built (2000+)Now I know that only after finding a home and looking at everything like P+I, expenses, taxes, and rental income will someone truly be able to assert if its a "good deal" but I am more interested to know if this strategy to start out makes sense and it would be nice to hear from some folks who have done this so i know how they felt about it as they got more into investing.thank you!

Had my partner and I grinding 6 hours a day each of us on triple line dialers through Mojo calling probate, D4D and tax delinquent lists.

I have a desire to earn enough from investment properties to leave the daily grind and focus on things that are important to me.  

Then I notice that the sliding door on the porch is open and I swear I  hear noises upstairs.  

Many investors have gone full time in the Rochester, NY market, but they all did it after a year or two of grinding it out at night and on weekends to learn the hard lessons.   

You need to check the noise levels from the unit above and from the hallway/stairs as tenants pass by your unit.