Of course, the wear and tear was through the roof and the water heater or HVAC never seemed to perform to his liking when it is summer and you have 14 breathing, walking talking 98.6F meat-sicles in the house warming it up.  

Long-term goals, networking, and a solid financial plan are essential.Good luck!

Most of my purchases, and clients I work with, are leveraged so we are looking for as much consistency and security as possible so that puts us in more owner occupied type areas.

Long distance investing can have more costs than investing closer to home in CA.

They are kind of a pain because they take so long and require so much documentation but the only closing cost I have is the appraisal.  

Texas been in my list for a long time and finally made up my mind to have investment property or brrrr, flip.

@Andrew DeWeerd I found a few none offered really what I was looking for so a friend and I are starting one we are just trying to gauge interest!

Wear a mask and goggles and carefully remove the ceiling and double bag the pieces. 

Real estate is a long game.

My mother and I have been renting a home on Long Island for the past decade.