From what I hear it is cheaper to buy then rent and they are developing a lot of new apartments in the area... 

But I think the road to get there is cheaper with conventional lending up to 10 loans. 

And if you can find cheaper management than that, it's worth hiring them instead of doing it yourself.And even if you figure you can manage it at night when you're not getting paid $100/hr, you still have the opportunity cost of not being able to do something else at night... like maybe find new real estate deals. 

Check out the different trash services I called Best Way Disposal and Republic Services, both were cheaper than Rumpke. 

The roofing is less likely to leak, and makes the eventual roof replacement job easier and cheaper. 

You don't necessarily need to move to a less desirable and cheaper market to do it either.

Lifeproof is roughly $2.80-3 sq ft and Stainmaster seems to be somewhat cheaper at $2.20-2.75 sq ft. 

I think it all comes down to if you want to save up and wait for the crash and buy cheaper, or start investing now (or soon) somewhere else.

I was thinking of going with an engineered hardwood (more stable and cheaper than solid) over laminate so I can say yes to the question "Is that real wood?"

I may not want to spend $1,200 for someone to set it up for me I'm sure I could do it for cheaper.