The paintball could access from one side, leaving the rented side access without risk of being shot with paintballs.

If all four conditions are well met, e.g. its close to Center City with good transportation (public or otherwise), pricing is steady or rising, permits are constant/persistent (indicating still room to grow), and rents are solid, if improving, and the inventory moves quickly -- you have a good neighborhood with long term growth.Would love to hear other investors thoughts on this -- these are just my very inexperienced thoughts.

A couple of questions as I'd like to improve how I do this with my tenants:1) do you raise rents annually and if so, how much and how do you determine how much?

They also improved the landscaping.  

However, while I've learned a lot, and definitely improved my finances on paper...It has done very little to my wallet. 

It depends on many factors;- Available capital- Access to financing- Prior non-real estate experience (e.g. project manager)- Team (e.g.

Successfully taking these loans and repaying them will improve either score depending on which one you choose. 

Until you are successful at improving your personal life situation you are not positioned to move forward with investing.

We're new investors, and I've been hearing about all of the benefits of getting my real estate license (mainly MLS access and the ability to make "investor-friendly" offers without annoying agents too much).Here's my question:If I do get my license, would I "need" to start working with a broker or company in order to gain access to the MLS?

I am maintaining a guide of my own (inspired by the Ultimate Beginner's Guide) to keep all the information organized and accessible.