Also, is it a bad idea to invest in real estate in a city where most of the properties listed are in foreclosure even if everything is cheap?

Not having a pool isn't a deal breaker for most tenants and if you do rent a property with a pool, you have to either rely on the tenant to do basic maintenance (dip out leaves, empty skimmer, brush down steps, fill it occasionally) or hire a pool company to do service - and that ain't cheap. 

Rent to price ratio around 1.2% so a bit over the 1% rule of thumb.I am wondering actually why ogden is so cheap compared to the rest of utah?

From what Ive read the smartest thing to do would be purchase a "live in flip" where I would purchase a home for cheap, do upgrade and fix it up, then sell it for a profit.

I live in Alexandria and I just thought of these two places because of the drivable distance, the availability of multifamily properties and cheap prices.

Anyone have a reliable "guy" to do a cheap condo do-over in Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Greenacres, Boynton Beach area?  

Read a post the other day about financing a 10k used car for 2-3% and it got me to thinking about my financial situationSo - I have a student loan out for 7k @ 6.5% (which I think is high) would you pay that off or is this too, considered cheap money?

DON'T BE CHEAP!

If you have a good relationship with a title company, they might be willing to pull some lists for you for cheap (or free...).There is no one end-all-be-all list, but there are certainly good and bad ways to market to them.

My cheap laminate floors are not holding up so well in my rental.