I was able to completely clean out the ne'er-do-wells in my one building- which was great, but costly having to carry an entire building while renovating and discovering issue after issue...

Then I wonder what happens to the investor who lost 10 homes.. what happens to him and then he or she gets sued.this has all sorts of very serious repercussions short of just should I let a tenant slide one week because of the largest natural disaster to ever hit the US>> I think it boils down to investors with money and reserves probably will work with folks.. investors who are mortgaged to the hilt this could be something that really hurts them and they will have no choice but to be hard @$$ non caring landlords regardless of cirucumstances.. and then you just have the plane old greedy could give a crap landlords. sorry for your troubles you owe money..

Also, are you looking for long term or to hold relatively a short time? 

Asking real estate agents around the country for the best advice on how to build a higher clientele in a short amount of time as a new agent in the market.

Shortly thereafter we purchased another duplex with a garage and shortly after that another duplex.Just when we thought that was it for the year having a goal of 50 units that I was leary of hitting, our broker called and said, hey I know where there are 12 more units that you can pick up for a reasonable price you just need to make an offer on them.

Would love feedback on a recent short sale I saw because there is something off.  

When I went to Indianapolis last year, the one thing I discovered was the most important part was finding an inspector I trust. 

If there were overages, you and him should discuss costs as soon as they are discovered or determined.Some owners/investors do not like this, but it is the name of the game.

I'm Kia, a real estate agent here in Atlanta and I'm going to be getting into investing here shortly.

If the OF has no pre-payment, it could be refinanced in as short a period as the bank will allow.