I am trying to eliminate any risk to my family member's assets.  

We have a mix of college and family tenants and have noticed payments are more timely (not to mention eliminating driving around to rentals hoping to catch late payers home!) 

I hope this message finds you well.We are starting our Real Estate Investing journey (wife speaking) and would LOVE your feedback on our Strategy Plan.Our goal is to purchase our 1st investment property by March 31, 2018.We broke our goal into 5 phases:1- The Research [Community and team]2- The Properties [Identify, eliminate, analyze]3- The Offer [Determine, make the offer, negotiate]4- The Due Diligence [File audit, inspections, government & service reviews]5- The closingIf you're interested in helping us, please send us a private message and we will send you the link to our full strategy plan with our timeline and deadlines. 

In other words, my metric (and this is very basic) was that I wanted to eliminate 75-100% of my housing costs. 

If a would be buyer wants it and had the means to purchase it, screw this game and just buy it at foreclosure sale and eliminate the mad hatter from the equation.

I am also considering the health of the economy and future outlook, thus I've eliminated cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and Memphis.

During this process I'll be establishing a "better" credit history, freeing up cash flow to pool into an initial mortgage on an FHA-type duplex deal, and eliminate debt.

You are eliminating a major portion of the rent pool if you don't accept pets.

When the balance drops to 78%, the mortgage servicer is required to eliminate PMI.Jul 11, 2016. 

The intent is to eliminate any potential deflection is the floor which would transition through as cracks in your mortar joints and/or tile.