The alternative is to go with a single-family home, live in it for about 1.5 years, and then purchase another home while renting out the first one.

Do you have live meetings to ask questions to experts?

She moved out exactly a month if stay there and they left the place filthy also her son is not on the contract and I been told that many of them were living there while contract has only two people.

Your argument would suggest that if I bring home $2k/month in cash flow from a rental property in LA (where I live), that's a good deal, even though I probably had to put $2M cash into it initially.

Or if your'e living in it would you feel comfortable in that area. 

Is a beautiful area here and I used to live in Cali I wish I knew about this place here when I was there gay why i thought of promoting there too.

At minimum, stage the living room and primary bedroom to give it some warmth.That said, have you thought about cutting bait and putting your money into a market where the numbers actually work?

Using the cash flow to help with your kids' college expenses is a practical approach.

I’m looking to start in DFW since I live in Arlington but eventually I’ll be open to other markets to diversify my portfolio.  

I currently live in Butte, Mt but plan on moving to Phoenix, Az for 6 months out of the year.