Mother in law suites shrink your buyers pool - a great asset for someone that is looking for that specific feature  - a deterrent to the other 95% of folk that would prefer not to have it.

Hi all,My name is Mark Anthon.This will be my first taste of real estate buying and holding.I'm currently looking at a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath townhouse condo:Beds3 BedHouse Size1,246 Sq FtPrice $149,900Condo/townhouseBaths1 Full, 1 Half BathPrice/sqft $120Year Built1977 6 roomsFireplace2 parking spaceit comes with private trash pickup, pool, and basketball courtsAverage listing price for similar homes $229,794 Average sale price for similar homes $147,173 if i'm following the 2% rule, I can roughly get out a $2.9K (or a little lower) rent out of this. 

I now have the financial security/confidence to take action and I am looking to start investing in income properties, preferably multi-family homes.  

Some prefer to hold in a trust with an LLC as beneficiary for estate planning and privacy protection.

Everyone has their preferences.

My name is Lorraine, I live in California; however, my current investment preference is New Orleans, LA (70118, 70115, 70125).My husband and I started P H Real Estate Holdings, Inc (check us out on Facebook) last year to get serious about real estate. 

Preferably with assets and a good staff in place.I have been doing flips for the most part in NV, NC and soon TX but there is no way I'll be able to invest the money I need to, just by doing flips and it is too risky anyway.

I prefer being a property locator starting out unless someone can teach me to be a house flipper.  

I think as long as people agree to not smoke inside and clean up the cigarettes after themselves then there should be no issue.This is really a personal preference.

@Troy Durrette  Personally I prefer the GA REIA (non profit) of the Atlanta REIA (for-profit).