Focus on cash flow and ensure properties generate positive cash flow after all expenses.

Purchase price: $140,000 Cash invested: $140,000 Here are the pictures:https://www.redfin.com/IL/Kankakee/880-S-Foley-Ave-60901/home/63247747 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

(As a landlord, I always do best to fix any issue.. other tenant live without any complain and she is the only one...she say she will report health department etc..)Sametime, She keep saying  she want to move to another apartment (1fl for her mother as her mother has some disability ) she wouldn't leave.I didn't like turnover and it is section 8, I was going to let her stay til she find the new home.

At $130K for a property that rents for $1,600/month, you’d already have a strong cash flow setup.Before moving forward, verify local rental demand, especially for MTRs, and review any landlord-tenant regulations in the area.

It would be good if I could find something that makes sense in San Diego County but I am willing to go almost anywhere if the deal is right.

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You will find it challenging to qualify for a mortgage if you don't have a W-2 income.

Find deals that work based on current mortgage rates. 

Purchase price: $35,000 Cash invested: $45,000 I bought this duplex and it was a full rehab.

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