Turns out he went to jail after kidnapping and beating his ex-girlfriend and her new lover damn near to death (the guy is now in prison for life, so I guess he's done paying his rent...)Turns out the incident happened a few weeks after the 1st quarter inspection, so the place was vacant for almost 3 months without me or management knowing.  3 months is PLENTY of time for multiple groups of squatters to run through it, neighborhood kids to have their way with the place, etc... 

I also have to imagine that with that many houses, it snowballs and you can start quickly paying off some of the initial mortgages to open up slots?

-Maximize those early mortgage slots: get as many doors as possible for the smallest amount of down payment. 

Hello BP,I am excited to be a part of this network of incredible people who all love real estate.

Either he or she or they, probably him, got mad and took it out on the property, if you knew about it sometime ago, you should have terminated the lease, committing a crime or assault or having a lover's spat isn't a free card to destroy the property anywhere.

I love real estate and I love making money with it, but every now and I start wondering if there is something more I should do...

Her lesbian lover was shown the door quicker than you can say "your ex husband has $10m in his personal checking account".

So when you sell one, or pay one off, you free a slot up.5) Portfolio, it's all a trade-off between interest rate pricing and difficulty to get it.

The stats say you'll have many different jobs, even if you love real estate investing.  

Researching the rental market,  I determined the best way to max out rents was to make it a Pet Friendly rental since I'm a major dog lover and that market is woefully underserved.