Well, I felt pretty silly because his response was “Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram”.  

Everyone is buying there right now, not selling  :) I did pretty good on it overall. 

It’s pretty useless without it, and I use my phone more than my laptop....any pro tips on navigating the new UI?

Sounds like your expenses are pretty low - but starting off with a house-hack MFH or a SFH that you can purchase and rent out rooms would be a terrific step forward. 

Assault with a deadly weapon and shooting on an occupied dwelling tend to only happen in the worst.Having lived there for over 10 years location is definitely #1 as the neighborhood quality can change pretty quickly from street to street, so make sure you work with someone who really knows the area.Other than that, be sure to do your due diligence on the property itself as @Abraham Bar suggested.

And maybe I am greedy, after all, applying  the balm of "providing jobs", and "being able to help out the less fortunate" to my conscience.Those are some pretty heady thoughts and ones it is important for me to mull over.

He has 5 crews so they're able to knock out things pretty efficiently!

And my main income comes from ecommerce businesses so I’m pretty well diversified in that sense.

Right now, it's 5.5%, which went up about 1% from last year, and I'm pretty pleased with it.

Three bed, two bath, pretty good school district, rents around $1200.What happened to the rental prices of those types of properties during those lean years (2008-2012 or so)?