I purchased my first property in June of this year.

Just starting out and thinking my first will be a little closer to home. 

It doesn't appear you are in position to purchase real estate at this time. 

We were able to get financing through Legacy Homes, the terms are roughly 10 years with a fixed rate of 7.9% for the first 2 years then Walstreet Journals Prime plus roughly 4% (Kinda pricey after two years potentially), 10% down which covers the home, taxes and transport.I have a third home coming in tomorrow and then I will stagger them out. 

I know on resident leases you can add a new addendum on the lease at renewal time but our management agreements don't expire they continue forever essentially unless either party gives a notice to terminate.

Every time I have rented an on-site storage unit or garage to a tenant, I have always gotten less than what I could have gotten if I had found an off-site tenant to lease the unit.

We now live overseas and are renting it as our first property.

I am embarrassed to say that I have been a free member for a very long time, and stuck in analysis paralysis for way too long.

In 2018, my husband and I took the plunge into real estate investing by purchasing our first fourplex with minimal experience.

The AAPL issuance was a good start but BP can do better and has a better platform for this I was first introduced to HML term in the mid 70s and not sure how many decade before the term was coined.. but its been that way to me for 50 plus years :)