Before long, you will have a nice network of contractors.To start out though, it is a vetting process like any other.

Joe Gore I have a track record with smaller fix n flips, which is nice.

Guy started the rehab 4 years ago and its been sitting ever since in a nice area.

This has to be a nice example of the effects of judging a book solely on its cover....Kudos,Mary

He might be inclined to waiver again in the future (or maybe already has in the past) when a tenant had a nice lab they wanted to add to their family.

As you move out from these ares you still find really nice houses, but the values begin to fluctuate.

The market for apartments is primarily driven by investors looking for a return, while the market for duplexes is driven by owner-occupants looking for a nice place to live.

I buy my washer and dryers slightly used on Craigslist for $30 ish (just make sure they are nice ones, "wanted" adds are key for this), and $30 each could potentially add you another $300 in month.

It is to weird and to small for them to bother with it.Those are nice deals.

I'm now 2 houses and 2 kids later on my owner-occupied journey, and while the bigger house and bigger equity I am currently in are nice, I loved living free with 450/mo x 3 units covering my $890/mo mortgage + tax/ins back then.Back to you ...- I second idea of entity owning and you renting.