I am interested in buying two properties - on a scale of A-C, one in a class A neighborhood, and while I don't think the math would be quite there at the higher end, I'm open as far as budget, and another in a class B neighborhood that's shaping up well. 

I’ll eat that.

Hello BP members, Well, I don’t know if it’s a success quite yet, but I wanted to share my wife’s and I story with all of you.

So from the stand point of how typical it is... i have seen it done quite often.

If you have dead equity it is likely eating all of your cash flow.

There are still quite a few decent deals in the surrounding area though! 

A lot of emotion gets involved and the HOA wants the people out.Depending on the property condition, the HOA could foreclose then rent out the place until the bank can get around to foreclosing.I have assisted quite a few HOAs in the past who have foreclosed not having a complete understanding from their attorney about what happens to the 1st mortgage.

They are not putting in a literal 100 hours of work each week.100/7 = 14.5 hours a dayAnother way to phrase it would be "If you're not sleeping or eating you should be working on your investments."

Hey fellow pocketers, so I’ve been pretty interested in buying my second investment property in my first year of investing, my first one has been quite successfully so far so I’m really feeling the pressure on property two.Anyway I’ve been looking at Milwaukee and I see that although their unemployment is at record low, they are doing some major construction to their downtown and although their population has grown slowly since 2010 last two years they’ve actually been dropping a little.

As far as I can tell, they are quite expensive.