I remember a few years ago on here there was a woman that bought turnkey like you and bought about 3 or 4 properties and they ended up being nightmares.

This is where you have an opportunity to fill a niche through your education, because the same knowledge that you will later use to recognize a good investment opportunity for yourself, you will be able to use to find deals for clients.I remember trying to explain to realtors what I want – this was not a winning strategy.

How should I deal with this?

Remember right next door.

I doubt he'd know or remember me we talked about other stuff, just a few minutes on RE. :)Tim, you should listen to your dad!

Ideally, a 4-plex that puts out a lot of monthly cashflow is ideal because:1.)

Jim Q,That would be ideal.

However you must remember that both of these are "Rules of Thumb" They are great for per-screening a deal but you should use actual numbers as much as you can for a final analysis of a deal.

But I do remember years ago I bought a used Roper set.

Justin McClelland maybe this is only used for subject to deals, but I remember reading somewhere that a company makes the payments to the mortgage company.