Annual inspections and annual maintenance should be kept up whether it's a mobile home or big fancy house. 

Don't buy the cheapest house, you want something that you'd live in-can be a starter, nothing fancy, but not a dump. 

A house that was purchased for $8k in that kind of area, I would look really hard at the fundamentals - electric system, plumbing, framing, insulation, foundation, roof, mechanical systems - and pay less attention to fancy kitchens or bathrooms. 3.

Some of the large condo buildings with fancy pools and luxuries have HOA's easily into the $800-1,000 + a month.

Slick photographs and fancy descriptions only over stimulate the imaginations for prospective tenants.

I buy what I need (basics, nothing fancy), pay my bills and save the rest. 

They choose one with low rates or a shiny website or a fancy office or based on the recommendation of a friend or stranger on BP and just assume everything will work out.

When I initially looked into it, it seemed like it would not be cost effective for C class buildings without fancy key card access points, but maybe something has changed. 

That's a fancy way of saying they will hire someone cheap.

Does not matter if its a 15 minute walk with the Dog or Spouse, a hardcore session in the gym, or a nice ride on one of those fancy peletons, get moving in the morning to set the tone for your day!