Irregardless of whether the tenant(s) are responsible for all maintenance, it should still have a 3rd party observer to watch for signs of neglect.

Some are a little outdated on certain sites he recommend but nothing that you cant figure out while watching.

New to real estate investing have been doing a lot of studying on my own reading books, watching webinars, and recently attended a 3 day workshop.

Just watch out for high taxes, maintenance, vacancy that could really eat into that cashflow.P.S.

The tenants who threaten to sue are most of the time all talk but the ones that listen and don't say anything are the ones you need to watch out for.Joe Gore

Howdy Kirk,I have to tell you....I think the biggest help for my to pass this test was watching videos on youtube.

He has a vested interest in the end unit getting fixed, rather than just watching it get worse and worse as the foreclosure sits for years.The neighbor tried to file a claim on the "structural guarantee" provided by the builder but it was denied because the structure didn't fail, but the earth below it did.Thoughts?

I have been watching my credit score for a while now, so it's nice to hear that it's important from an investor.

After many years of watching from the sidelines and suffering from analysis paralysis, I'm happy to say that I've finally taken the next step!

She just bought another rental last month.http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/real_estate/1107/gallery.best_investment_markets/ Cnn just published a top 10 list of best cities for rental properties, Las Vegas came in as #1.