(that's just words).They don't want to see a before and after picture of a flip you did (anyone can download one from internet).They don't care to read 5 pages of text where you explain to them why you are awesome or why the motivated seller should believe you are credible.Credibility is not "the completion of a certain set of tasks", like putting a picture up of yourself "flipping a house" on your website.Credibility is the desired EFFECT, completing a certain set of tasks has on someone.Credibility is the temporary substitution of thrust (that you didn't earn) someone will have in you.In other words, you and I could do the exact same task, but for me, it may still work while for you it absolutely doesn't.That said, there are no rules for credibility.

So from a “cash flow” standpoint, CA is less favorable over other options, but if you buy right, time it right, and have a long term outlook, CA can provide some of the highest appreciation rates in the country and when you apply leverage responsibly, your total returns can be quite large.One needs to decide their goals and then have the abilities and desires to get there.

You normally have to find a balance between living on the lake front or living in a less desirable area.

They obtain approvals for their desired use, which can take 18 months, then close.

Im sure that judgement was made AFTER looking at the tenants payment record and otherwise accessing their desirability as a tenant.

I feel like if I make it as nice as possible before they move in they maintain it that way.I have another duplex that is in a less desirable neighborhood (but not bad), and it attracts so-so tenants.

There are a few specific neighborhoods that are "safer" than others and more desirable to live in. 

I have "met" many great people through BiggerPockets, and the neat thing with virtually everyone I've connected with shares one thing in common: The desire to learn more!

Bad tenants have cost me SO much money I have no desire for them.

Are they desirable for retail buyers, or more suited to just rental properties?