@Doug Phillips I've lived in Kokomo, Indiana all my life and in the last five years or so that I've paid attention to the local rental property market, I've realized that Kokomo is somewhat of a hidden gem for investors.

Also, letting them know now that I expect the place to meet certain “cleanliness” standards for health and fire safety reasons.Anyone else have thoughts on this situation?

Life Goals--Own 15-20 doors by 2021-Become a success story within the BP family-Quit our JOBS by 2022 (w/passive income from investment properties and our real estate business) Financial snapshot for our purchase--$91k (1031 Exchange money)-134k (Cash and LOC)-Total=$225k to investWe are on a tight timeline with the 1031 money, so would appreciate advice on our overall strategy Strategy-As a seasoned investor, if you were in my shoes and with our goals in mind- what would your strategy be?

Weed got me into the drug world it was a stepping stone for sure and caused me much grief in life  .

Hey BP community, I've always heard that whole life insurance is a rip off and my husband and I have good term life policies.

I don't like spend my life focusing on such things as checking new sales from Costco and going there at Tuesday because that's when you can get on 10 cents per coke less than in any other day.

Let go of your fears and envision a life that makes you uncomfortable cars, houses, traveling, stability for your kids, your family, the ability to give even more back to those who need it and your community.

That is NOT how you would do that in real life!""

:WOW< HVAC in certain areas make six figures plus  maybe just relocate to one of those areas and then save to invest.....California is one of those California sounds nice for the weather, but a 100k career doesn't give me the life I have here in KC at my current pay. :) Plus I have family and my REI here so not really looking to change locations.

If the tenants are fantastic and make life easy we forgo the marginal increases and keep the rent the same, if a tenant is a pain in the butt but still pays every month we do marginal increases each year.