The more you can learn and grow with others who are already in that type of investing, the better.  

For some add'l context (this is also for the lurkers that'll come across this thread in the future), the last time a wholesale rep (a person who courts mortgage brokers for brokered mortgage business, representing a wholesale lender which can be a bank that also lends to consumers directly, a REIT, a CU, etc) called me all excited about their 80% LTV 2-4 unit investment program, their rates were north of 6% and ARMs.

The commission you charge yourself is one of your costs as selling as a consumer.

Parts of Will and Kendall counties seem to be growing as well. 

It's just too stressful and time consuming for my taste.

Naturally, I have been reading a lot about real estate investing and have been just a consumer on this site for years.

I take care of our taxes so I knew we were getting cash flow every month and could see our equity growing but never really thought much more about it until I read the book. 

We're due for a correction any time..A good rule of thumb is to assume your property--even a well-maintained one--will consume 30-45% of rents in expenses: taxes, insurance, maintenance. 

It is an 18 unit building in a very fast growing neighborhood and just by doing simple due diligence(50% rule, cap rate ratio) it should be pretty profitable.

It's great to see such a large community here of like minded people and I am looking forward to learning and growing in this community !