We are in a great starter area, small 2 bed 1 bath homes with a few 3/2's sprinkled in.

Ok so add 1% to interest. add a crap load of monthly  repairs. sprinkle my kid's college fund for reserves and see if it makes sense... lol. 

You just have to realize it's fake and there are tidbits of reality sprinkled in.

I would place a “pay or vacate form” in their mail box and save on the $5 caramel mocha late with sprinkles.

But I don't have magic fairy dust to sprinkle over a problem on a Sunday or at 10PM at night. 

It's still my favorite strategy and the one I use a majority of the time, with a few fix & flips sprinkled in.

I like the technical books more, but will sprinkle in a few of the widely-read conceptual books too to keep my mind working. 

They're also quite small and most have central space heaters to heat the whole unit.There are some newer properties sprinkled around that neighborhood and I'm sure some of the older ones have had structural upgrades but I just wanted to give you a heads up!

Buy on cash flow today, sprinkle in some value add, with a solid location and you will set yourself up with at least a single.  

This dirt compacted very hard under minimal water sprinkling and had standing water for 5+ hours in full sun 85 degree weather (beneath the standing water, the dirt was relatively dry - so it was holding water, not draining at all).