A quick 5 minute phone call will help them get a temperature for how motivated the seller is, and whether or not it is worth everybody's time to present a "lowball" offer.If over that phone call your agent gets the impression that it is worthwhile to write it up, then you should write it up.

You’ll need to ask yourself first what is your main objective - steady cash flow with higher effort/risk or high wealth generation with lower effort/risk.

Some great locations that can give you steady occupancy rates/cash flow throughout the year.

Hopefully that is becoming a steady trend!

I'd be a little more leery without a steady income.

To the point about roommates, while YOU may be a great landlord, steady income, and great roomate Other people can be a liability at times, somebody loses there job, jealous ex comes into the picture, somebody gets a cat, etc.I purchased my first house that I am house hacking w 2 roommates and my gf and these guys are some of my best friends so its been relatively easy. but theres always some headaches and things come up in other peoples lives.

So as far as appreciation potential I would say Galveston is like Houston in general - moderate but steady growth currently, with the potential to ramp up quickly if the energy economy starts booming again.

Yeah these are all the concerns I had as well, the population is fairly steady has been around or over 3000 since early 90's.

Is there a locked thermostat set at a acceptable building temperature, always get month to month exact meter readings in Detroit for both DTE services

Slow and steady DOES WORK!