They are free to make their own risk/reward decisions.

There are numerous great tax benefits to investing in income property.

So my agent contacted the HUD office since he has worked with them on numerous occasions.

But if they solve the mystery, and save you a bunch of time and money, even though I Hate rewarding selfish people, you've probably got a number in mind as what you'd be willing to do.

If you do the work to get the income up you deserve the reward.

We have been looking at numerous properties/land but wanted to gain more knowledge before hammering down the nail into the long term rental business (currently 26 years old).

FW is deemed as the nation's most appreciating rental market, best place to invest in real estate in 2014, and one of the top job creating areas in the nation.I get the Las Vegas investing...it can be risky but rewarding.

We decided if a tenant doesn't make enough, and CANT come up with an amount equal to 2x rent, then chances are high we'll be on the wrong side of the risk reward curve.

Not sure of all of the ins/outs of it, but I just established a "Series LLC", which is popular in real estate investing (my business isn't even REI, yet), because you set up a "parent" and then underneath that, you can set up numerous other companies/brands in a "series".

Never step over dollars to try and make pennies.If an broker/agent was hungry everyday and food was their reward then look at it this way.4 people spread out on the street each with a plate.