Make sure to run the numbers ahead of time.4.

I am a beginner real estate investor looking to do long term rentals in Buffalo, NY.  

Long time listener and still interested in real estate.

An LLC requires additional time, effort, and money to set up and maintain and juice probably isn't worth the squeeze.

A lot of people shrug off Modular and Manufactured but they are both cash cows and help avoid longer construction times, higher material costs and less permits. 

It took 9 months from front to back with was too much time, but the wait was worth it.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Check out this meet-up in the OC also listed on BiggerPockets here: OC Real Estate Investor Networking - Founders of Creative Vestors (biggerpockets.com)Good Investing...

We are less susceptible to economic down turns because everyone here is a GS-15 married to a Booz Allen contractor and they will keep getting paid by the government regardless of what happens in the real economy.

It would be wise to have at least three months of rent saved up at all times to cover the unexpected.

This is not a rare occurrence - this story is old as time.