As you can see I'm in need of some direction and need a place to start concentrating my studies so I can break into the business.I am so happy a community like this exists and have already been reading tons of articles, blogs and posts.

Not only are you holding your lease renewal but I have a liberal 60 day penalty free lease breaking clause. 

The best thing is to tenant proof your property, which means remove all the things they can easily break.

The 1% rule in my area pretty much breaks even at current rates.  

If you pay closing costs, then you have to figure out your break even point.  

It has been continued confirmation that while the numbers can make sense and I can break the 2% rule, there would have to be a LOT of work to continue to meet and exceed the levels of expectations on any property that I like owning.

Large deposits will be reported to the IRS, and even breaking it up into several smaller amounts could still trigger the reporting.  

I am running into that same issue but did find the user guide for the data file on the states website which breaks down the definition of each code found in the columns themselves.

@Matthew Gilbert what kind of investing are you trying to break into?

(non reo homes)Wondering how you guys break this barrier down?