I would mainly use it for research but unless you are trying to break into a market you are not familiar with that's probably not your best resource.

Before we even close escrow, you're already breaking ground on the next project.Yes, we all know that is the best case scenario. 

I'm a new investor in southeast Wisconsin looking to break into the game through a duplex purchase.

We would break even on rent at $1,700 a month and  pay a little with expenditures but the property's mortgage loan would be completely paid off in ten years with just the remaining equity loan at $300.

@Dallas Elkman as a home owner you'll be responsible for all of the maintenance and fixing things when they break.

Have any of you looked into the HOA superlien as a way of breaking into market?

It is much smaller than the option above.My strategy is to rent it out and get close to break even on 30 loan with 25% down.  

Michael Fanoni You need to weigh your risks, if the clean-up guy goes to clean gutter, falls down, and breaks his hips, can't work forever, then obviously you will have to shoulder a big ticket, lawyers will go after you so hard that it will make more sense to foreclose.

Hey DMVers,I am an aspiring investor looking to break into the buy and hold market.

I always used to read investing books and stock market books during my break time and I have small investments in paper assets and 401k, but I knew there was more to it than this.