Of course you have to maintain the property, pay property taxes and keep it surrounded with a non-combustible fence.

We are from there originally and have family helping us maintain the properties. 

If they are renewing, we conduct the inspection to verify they are maintaining the property, not adding unauthorized tenants or pets, etc.

Houses that are overpriced or not well maintained take longer.

I install, maintain and repair MRI, cardiac cath labs x-Ray equipment

I am within about 5 years of being able to generate enough income to live off of in real estate, I just cannot plan out health insurance.I hope to soon see your success story post then Jerry :) I love this community and I am planning to stick around.As far as health insurance goes, for the next 18 months I'm able to elect to use COBRA coverage maintain the same exact coverage my employer provided me, but at a fee now.

Hello Bigger Pockets,I wanted to start a thread (and hopefully add to it as the years go by) on ways that I've learned over the years to establish and maintain high productivity. 

Basically, you find your motivated seller, agree to buy part of the property in tenants in common with them, seller finance your purchase, then you have a TIC Agreement to manage and operate, cover expenses, repair, maintain, improve, share in the income and have a future buy out. 

You could fund new construction with a reputable builder.... split profits on the back end .... or maintain ownership of some of it....I would leverage part of my money to buy multiples, not putting all my funds into one huge deal.

I love the idea of their maintaining the loan, freeing me from this burden and allowing me to use these resource(s) elsewhere though...Any additional points you have on these thoughts would certainly be appreciated!