You have definitely come to the right place, this is the best place to get information and learn about real estate online.I know what you mean about SoCal being an expensive market since I also live in L.A .Texas could be a good choice and definitely seems to be one of the top states people are moving to and is growing fast.Most places in the country will be able to cash flow a lot better than SoCAL for buy and hold.Take care!

Looks like you made a wise choice!

Five years ago does and gainful employment shows some attempts to rectify his choices...

I wrote a pretty popular blog post about the subject.

They may fail to do it sometimes, but it's not a choice, if they forgive the debt and decide not to pursue it.

For example, if you buy a condo in Trump International Sonesta, it can be managed by Trump management; but you also have a choice to choose other PMs.

I am open to looking to other markets philly would be a great choice because it's within a hour of travel.

You won't have a choice with escrow when getting a loan in most cases, so you will have to fund the initial escrow account balance at closing, pay for insurance up front etc on top of the normal closing costs you listed.

I own a number of properties in the GTA and have made some great choices and some not so great... :)

I had no choice but to shelve my companies or have to figure how to operate with what basically was a 70% tax on revenues in total.