quadcam79,Charles gave you some good advice and is absolutely correct.To answer your question directly, when you buy, rehab, can't sell it and can't make the mortgage payment - the bank forcloses on the property and your credit is ruined.

DNA, blood and other samples are extra :lol: Good luck on finding the right title company, it can absolutely make or break deals.

That one almost fixed itself.What an absolutely marvelous idea.

It's the absolute wrong label to put on yourself.

It is absolute fact that you could be much more profitable in the short and long term on a property with 20% of gross rents going to operating expense, than on a property with 50% of gross rents going to operating expense.

Some books I enjoyed include "The unofficial guide to real estate investing" (Kind of dry though) real estate riches by dolf de roos, and the ABC's of RE investing by ken mcelroyI have an audio CD thing from Robert Shemin which in my opinion is absolutely fantastic - especially with negotiation skills.

Land trusts offer absolutely no asset protection.

I am an absolute SUCKER for those bandit signs!

He absolutely can, it is a free market economy. 8)

In addition, they often charge extra to arrange maintenance and then have absolutely no incentive to keep your maintenance costs down.Hiring a property manager often means that the managment company or manager is now getting all your profit (and maybe more).It's all about the numbers!