Listen to the BiggerPockets podcast for expert advice, read books like "The Book on Rental Property Investing" and "Set for Life" by Scott Trench, and join local real estate investing groups or meetups.

And unless your going to hold for life ( which not many do) Appreciation is where the wealth is made..

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So, yes, I know the leads I am going after.And just to be clear, not too many things in my life so far have ever been easy, except to maybe mess it up, and I'm not interested in doing that, so I'd rather take the hard way.

They simply dont understand the culture of the rental class in the mid west the LIfe long renter..  

On the North Side we run real life at 1-2% vacancy and run our analysis at 3%.

The tangible/measurable benefits do seem to pan out over the life of the system especially if energy prices continue to rise.

It just makes life easier - they shop a variety of insurers and are more easily able to compare apples to apples because they know how the various companies present coverages.

Tenants won't change them and it will shorten the life expectancy of the unit.

If you buy a property that cash flows $200/month, you would need at least 40 of those to live a comfortable life in America.