I think that in my life situation if I can find properties that will reliably cash flow, then I will be able to build out enough equity over the long-term to meet all my goals.Originally posted by @Dewey Golub:Forrest, I would also pick a primary focus of equity growth or cash flow (of course try to maximize both). 

Hi @Mark MacDonald,  I’m in a very similar situation being new and working full time as a construction worker, trying to get my finances in order and saving money.

I'm looking to get out of that situation before next summer. 

How do you know he is not a scammer who saw the death notice in the paper and got keys to the house and made this situation up? 

What is your experience with this type of non-payment situation and how did you handle it?

It is a good point that being up front early in the screening process about the parking situation should weed out the prospective tenants that find off street parking important.

I am referring to the following article:  Ultimate Rule: Better Tenants = Fewer Management ProblemsThe ultimate rule to help you reduce bad tenant situations is to lease to better tenants in the first place.

They were not open to learning anything about the situation, and said so, but did they make any additional comment or engage in any discussion about the problem or the solution.

I had lived there for 2 years 6 months so the tax situation was covered and with the value add of the flip I could take the cash and reinvest it in new properties. 

At this point I think they just don’t want to share how much they are paying for utilities.So I ended up in this situation where Tenant A complained that Tenant B was not paying utilities.