My budget is $75-90K and I am considering the following neighborhoods; McKees Rocks, Sharpsburg, and Oakland/East End.

I've grown a bit weary of traditional stock market investing (story for another day) and have found myself attracted to all of the long-term benefits of real estate, not to mention the hands-on nature.

Market dependednt....but I personally would never rent a place w/o a DW...Yes, they can sometimes be a pain....or cause water damage..... but the risk is tinyWhat next...no washer/dryer....just supply a bucket, a scrub board and a rock?

Every lot is different, the property may be fueled by natural gas, propane, oil or even electric heat.

I must say having a conversation with her about the house and her situation felt a lot more natural than any “sales pitch”.

if its just to get into title and you have another buyer then transactional funding is what your looking for we do this all the time.. for certain vendors.. but you need rock solid end buyer..

You rock!

It may take longer to complete because of the learning curve and procrastination from lack of knowledge and being a little nervous because you do not want to mess it up, it is natural and a normal part of the human to respond to challenges of uncertainty like that. 

I would like to eventually be able to retire off of rentals we have a ton on money coming in that is all savable as of now due to some lucky cercumstances so I just want the first property we live in to be paid off that way worst case senerio me and my sweetheart can still keep this pace of saving up. really just trying to build a really solid rock if seen some really nice duplexes past 78th in west allis for like 150k.If we end up buying somthing at that price for times sake we probably will just put a massive down payment on it like 100k or somthing.The other think we are thinking of doing is buying a condo cash in German town or tosa then when we save up enough from living frugally sell it use the combined cash to buy a duplex in shore wood or tosa.

The house is also in an up-and-coming neighborhood, and is likely priced too low simply because of the nature of the house and due to the fact that its not in great shape cosmetically.Numbers:Purchase Price: $150kMonthly rent is $1700 per monthOwner Pays roughly $150/month in UtilitiesRepairs are probably slightly less than the average SFH rental, as tenants are only there for a few months at a time, and are closely monitored.