We have a few tenants who have been in their units for more than a decade ... a couple around two decades.  

It requires keeping up on the local area's news, attending council meetings, keeping up on what's happening in the city you want to invest in.  

It's a good way to get in the house, then have you work on getting her out when the "company that pays all her bills" magically forgets for a couple of months, then turns out to never have existed in the first place. 

I'd love to chat with you before you come and meet up next week to talk and show you a couple of areas.

Hello, my names Jake, I've been listening to bigger pockets and Grant Cardone for a while now and am about to attend my first seminar on investing in real estate/house flipping.

They have had some offers and accepted a couple but for different reason they were unable to complete the purchase.

and led to substantial job loss, likely the number one cause of foreclosure.2) The tourism and convention business, a huge portion of New Orleans economy, effectively disappeared for a couple of years - again huge job losses.  

I am 18 years old and soon to attend college full time.

www.UtahREIA.org is one of the couple Real Estate meet ups here in the Utah area.

I will definitely use an agent for the next couple buys, and indefinitely for sales, but I'm looking to get more independent on the buy side.