Most today are buying a stressful job (landlording) and not even getting paid for it.Rent to value ratios in my market have been too low to buy off the MLS for a long time.In some markets the R/V ratio is still good, but appreciation will most likely be less, reducing your overall IRR.On the commercial side, cap rates have been compressed to about the same return as AAA corporate bonds. 

@Dana R. just because some people had problems with one electronic rent payment company hardly means that all electronic payment is bad.

@Amy Janota @Lynn Currie @Jon Klaus @Robert Grunnah @Robyn R.

@Shaun R.

I'd also add some favorites:- "Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit" by Peter Conti and David Finkel (if you have a capital source, still gives you a lot of creative strategies to think about)- "Missed Fortune 101" by Douglas R.

One of which is why the third “R” in BrrRr is capitalized.

@Noel R. 

Great questions @Kyle R.! 

Totally agree with @Josephine R Mukoroyi.

Originally posted by @Josephine R Mukoroyi:Tenants, what is the best way to keep  a track record of all the payments you  have made on a rental property?