Only time I have been burned is with a used fridge.   

Make sure they do not burn off the corporate guarantee after 5 or 10 years into the base term.

I need sub floor, appliances, windows and small details, they even burned all the sinks with cigarettes. 

The international credit cards are going to burn you big time in fees. 

One thing I want to add though is that going at it completely on your own and running yourself down with no time to yourself can burn you out. 

I have read all over the internet the horror stories of being an agent which is a little intimidating, but I would put my all into this because my other bridges are burned if I decide to do this.

You can get burned bad if you are not prepared when starting your first investment.

No money down sounds good to me. lolMy family also has a piece of land in West Rogers Park near Devon and Western where a restaurant burned the building down back in 2007. 

Hi @Shayna Burns, I don't expect them to approach me....

My properties do not usually rent the first month or two when i buy them if they have a vacancy, partially because the first thing i do is fix up the vacant unit. you just need to prepare yourself for having that possible down time, but adding more dept to pay that monthly dept, you may be adding logs to the fire that is already burning and could get out of control, know your market area, make sure you are comfortable with buying the property with the knowledge that it will rent.