If you have hustle and ability to know your numbers, you will have tremendous value. 

If your main priority right now is strong cash on cash return, one way investors achieve 15% returns is by identifying opportunities in once sleepy regions that are now becoming trendy, or quiet suburbs that have a sudden growth of employment. 

Yes, this is generally a concerning sign, if your tenant is not confident in his ability to have rent in the future that is a red flag. 

Both partners have real estate experience and both work regular day jobs Partner #1 is seeking financial freedom and to use real estate for its long term wealth growth and to reduce his income tax burden by utilizing depreciation.

We used gel baits, IGR (insect growth regulators), diatomaceous earth, and boric acid to get rid of them -- haven't seen any more of them in more than a year -- not sure how long they had been there. 

@Jay Hinrichs @Steve Vaughan Looks like there's a lot of reasonable and good thinking here, but I think it's easy to oversimplify protecting yourself legally, especially if you start small and grow. The

for example smoking in the apartment or being loud past a reasonable hour.If an occupant who isn't on the lease is involved in domestic violence against my tenant, will I have the ability to evict them from the property even if the tenant wants them to stay?

On the lower-end, these would likely go for somewhere in the ballpark of $800k+ though (depending on the neighborhood).To keep this short, Hawaii's strength is the stability, and lately, growth of our market in contrast to most markets on the mainland.

Austin has seen tremendous growth in the last 8-10yrs.

If you look at the population growth over the past few years you can see how Bakersfield is growing at a rate faster than Fresno, and that is not set to stop any time soon.