Bottom line for state income taxes and property taxes, my cash flow success is good has been consistently good in Texas, so I have kept my investments there.

Dodd-Frank has convinced most private (non-bank) lenders to cease this practice.

- 36 apartment properties consisting of 11,000 total units in various states throughout the U.S.- 2.8 million square feet of office space, and the tallest office building in Chicago - Willis Tower- A shopping center REIT with a portfolio of 38 propertiesAnd these are purchase contracts with hefty sales prices too.

If you see the property consistently underperform it is time to dig deeper.

All three cabins are 1 bd each and are almost consistently rented out nightly to weekly for $70 a night.

Zillow has been making deals with individual MLS so data quality is not consistent between metros.I would use Realtor.com since they are linked to the MLS.

I know that there are some definite economic struggles in the area, but when looking at rental property investment, we preach: consistent and reliable return in safe neighborhoods that provide capital preservation.

They also underestimate how long it will take to generate consistent income and how much it will cost to get their.  

Some of those practical details on the buy and hold side are in books I mentioned in a blog post on the classics of landlord literature...

And it consists of doing owner financing deals with multifamily properties providing them with the down pymt and bringing my attorney to make sure I'm covered .