Purchase price: $405,000 Cash invested: $100,000 A triple decker near the heart of Newport. 9 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.

I think each and every one of us has had our heart broken with property damage.My favorite post was the one that said everyone has a different idea of clean - so true.I think the advice of the BP CEO is sage.

If the code enforcer is a guy, remember this, “food is the key to a man’s heart.”

If it's a good tenant, keep them in place or have room to add value in the future and boost rents significantly.

I will take it to heart and I also went ahead and listened to the podcast episode you appeared on where you expanded further into it. 

As to doing Fix/renovations, there is a relationship to development and would most likely boost your learning curve.If development is your goal, I think that your steepest potential learning curve is to find your way into a party or entity that is doing development work.

AirBNB is not for light of hearts.

If you know you are going to unload it in a few years you could also try for an interest only 5/1 ARM or something, which would boost your cashflow but leave you with no equity paydown.

Will your going to give yourself a heart attack .

Not half bad.Ultrashort ETFs can boost you up a little bit further past 2, but comes with added volatility.Bond market is precarious these days with terrible rates outside of the high yield market.