@Lisa MillerLisa,Excellent post.

Which is excellent performance imho for properties in the 100k and under range.

The only way around that is to put your own marketing campaign to action which takes time and money, but if it's successful you'll find deals with excellent margins.

Deal with contractors, take before and after pictures of a place, find a tenant, meet the utility company, etc.As I am always looking to grow my business, there will be other opportunities to get more involved.I need someone who is very organized, good with word/excel, Dropbox/Google Drive, etc.You must also have a car.The job is in NW Indiana and properties are spread all over Lake County.If this is something that you are interested in, please feel free to contact me.Thanks and Best Regards,Sharad

Toledo has good areas, bad areas, affluent neighborhoods, excellent suburbs...some good scools (washington local for example are where many invest successfully), and Toledo Public which you dont want to brag about.I however would invest no where else...I would love to see you beat my purchase prices and returns. ($15k purchased/renovated to HUD Sect 8 standards, $8,400/yr rent GUARANTEED BY HUD) I own exclusively in 43612 (OK) and 43608 (low income, higher crime, black...and I will have a dozen SFH Sect 8 rentals there in the next quarter).

They have 6 year excellent rental history with multiple references but again do not qualify for the loan so his parents are assisting them.

She is an excellent manager, but not knowledgeable about cloud based PM systems.Have just bought another apartment building, and the system needs to be online and working for end of month.If you know of a consultant (paid, of course) who can help set this up, please ping me.

@Steve Babiak Steve raises an excellent point.

This is an excellent site to learn anything about REI.

RE is an art as much as it is a science, a good mentor needs to be in touch with both realms of the crystal ball, they need to identify the student's personality and adapt styles that can work for them, many seem to think they can just pass on what they did or do, but that student isn't them.