Fortunately, the 2 rentals I own in the Beaumont area are on higher ground. 

We have attended a few seminars and and webinars and invested a small fortune on books about investing, but nothing beats experience and advice from other investors and that's what we are so desperate for.We own 2 other businesses. 1 pays all the bills and 1 pays sometimes, lol.

It's a quality lower-middle class city, that still retains a relatively large tax base, with Lincoln Electric headquarters (a fortune 500 company), among other large manufacturing plants.  

Hi, @Kylann Griffin - congrats on the good fortune!  

I'm trying to be a long-term B&H investor and buy where it makes sense.Nowhere else in the world is the local housing market tied to the fortunes of tech companies -- many of which are the object of a speculative mania, with PE's of 1000 or more -- as is the SF Bay Area. 

But fortunes are not made by sitting and renovating one home at a time myself.

Since then I was very fortunate to repeat the steps and generated enough money form the houses to pay for my loan on the 2016 Porsche Panamera and btw the income form the rent I got from the houses are paying for it monthly i don't have spent any of my earned income on the car.

Instead of taking a big loss on the home, I decided, and was fortunate enough to turn it into a yearly rental after moving to our new, primary residence.  

Fortunately I took a step back, implemented a number of things that would conserve heat and water, and I am far better for it because the old costs were built into the rents.Now, I live in a house whose water is controlled by a utility and I receive monthly bills like electric and stays with the tenant.

I'm fortunate, almost all I do now is raise the equity.