Anywho, with the 31k purchase, paint throughout, pressure washing the outside, and carpets in two rooms cleaned (haven't added it up yet, less than 4k though), I did that in about 26 days.

Hey everyone I have opted to live in the ghetto to save money to buy my first duplex I should be able to buy it with cash in a good area within 2 years.I am from the suburbs so I stick out like a sore thumb and am not sure what to do I am just laying low.My neighbor is a drug a ddic in this multifamily apartment complex it smells rancid just ****ing horrid.stinks up the whole hall. my next door neighbor was he couldn't pay rent and the landlord evicted him the smell was gone for a bit after they aired out his room. but the same ****ing smell is back again just as strong just in the room down the hall.it's like he just decided to bunk with the neighbor because he couldn't pay and is back at it with the drugs again. it is literally the exact same smell.

Brian,PROS: Guaranteed on time rent; andRoutine inspections by Sec8 inspectors which keep your tenants on their toes.CONS:Overly demanding at times;Sense of entitlement;Endless of sobbing stories;Mostly on disabilities (regardless of most of them able to work);Will never care for your proerties;Tenants not paying the water bills in full each and every month (If they're to pay for water usage);Constant calls from sec8 tenants asking from you to write letters for them to sec8 office stating that no additional residents are living with them (this is in response to complaints sec8 office received); New pit bulls in house regardless of what it says on the lease;If you're paying for water and sewer, your property will look like a car wash and laundromat since most of their family and friends will be using your property because of ammenities.Cigarette butts all over the yard;Rent is below market rent;Arrogant Sec8 inspectors; etc.

@Jessie Nunley  Either stay away from them or wash them out of your life for good. 

Life is not a tsunami that just washes over you while you are helpless.  

Maybe your your parter saw all the signs before everyone else, or was he/she lucky?

I think as far the numbers are concerned (assuming the right investments), it becomes somewhat of a wash, although my numbers could be very wrong. 

I started pressure washing roofs on the weekends to make extra cash to pay off credit card debt.

I get how fresh paint, a power wash can go a long way, but most of what I've seen need more than that.

Wash, Rinse, Repeat