It has more than 95% 1 star reviews and each of them has a bad experience to tell.From the consumer's perspective, FNMA is a debt collection agency.

No Realtor feesCons: Builder has to make a profit, so they often want to buy the house low, preferably at a wholesale value, unless they can still make a healthy profit after knocking down and rebuilding.Builders look for deals all year round.

I'm defaulting to apartments because It's difficult to find parks on city water and sewer available in my metro, and acquiring single families is so time consuming (1 door at a time). 

I can't stress how important it is to start consuming as much reading/podcasts/youtube vids/etc as you can, especially in whatever niche you're going to focus on. 

Darrin Brunner seems like isocket3g requires the consumer to provide the SIM card and in most cases, this is where they would have to pay a monthly fee to the carrier for the service.Good to have that option though.

As long as you keep a healthy reserve fund, I think warranties are stupid.

Steady job with low income and a healthy side business which provides a good income but doesn't translate well into personal.

It's the landlords job to review/interpret it.Here are a few of the sources that I checked on the matter:Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation: http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/consumer/housing/tenant-and-landlord/landlord-rights.html(They actually suggest you ALWAYS run a credit check on any potential tenants.)Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General's Guide to Landlord/Tenant Rights:http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/consumer/landlordtenant073007.pdfMassachusetts Legal Help (.org) publication on Tenant Screening:http://www.masslegalhelp.org/housing/finding-public-and-subsidized-housing/tenant-screening.pdfSo, if there is such a law, I'd also be interested in seeing it.

I recently did almost the same repair on one of my rentals, and it's not that hard or time consuming.

That will give you an idea of how they spend their money so you can see if they are constantly buying stuff or have healthy spending habits(yes you can legally ask for bank statements).