You should be able to get 4 conventional/FHA/VA type loans pretty easily and 6 more with a bit more of a fight.

is also correct about giving every tenant a plunger, it can easily save a service call from my maintenance guy. 3.

Small space that could easily be redone with something else if we didn't like it.

One could easily argue college education is extremely important!

It could easily be double that or higher when you factor in evictions and people splitting after a month and a half.

There are obviously costs involved with obtaining and maintaining a license to consider as well, but one successful transaction could easily cover your expenses for the year.Your upfront costs would be:- Classes / materials to cover the education requirement- Testing and finger-printing fees (for the actual licensing exam and background check)**You will need to be sponsored by a broker in order to have an active salesperson license, so you'll need to figure out this piece as wellYour ongoing costs will include:- NAR (National Association of Realtors) dues- TAR (Texas Association of Realtors) dues- HAR (Houston Association of Realtors) dues- MLS access fees (assessed quarterly)Again, most of the answer(s) to your question really depend on what type of investing you're looking to do.

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If I use a LP, I'll have an S-Corp or LLC as the general partner so I get the liability insulation (this LLC's income will only be the flow-through NET from the property's LP so it is less likely to trigger the high LLC gross receipts tax that is easily triggered at the property level).

This isn't hard to do, and there are plenty of good, decent, reliable contractors in Atlanta who are easily google-able or referred by the local REIA groups.

Since they are publicly traded, we can easily track their financial performance every quarter.Here are some links to Silver Bay's annual financial statements for the year ending December 30, 2012- Income Statement (Annual Data): 2012 Income Statement- Balance Sheet (Annual Data): 2012 Balance Sheet - Statement of Cash Flow (Annual Data): 2012 Statement of Cash Flow - Full 2012 Annual Report (SEC Form 10-K): 2012 SEC 10-K Report