What you are paying for is:1. an accelerated learning curve2. mistake avoidance (you will still make mistakes but should make fewer)3.

As is everybody's advice to avoid debt on consumer items.

Do whatever you can to avoid it......Its a non deductable self perpetual scam.

not to sound negative, but you should first start.... get 9, make lots of money, then start thinking about the soft ceiling.you never know... you might hate it before you get to 2. or you might love it and buy the 10th cash, so you avoid the ceiling.

Why am I excited about properties that it seems the most experienced of you would avoid?

They will likely not want to pay the full rental price a month before they move in.I would still do the application process and checks , the only differences would be not meeting them in person and there would have to be something to make holding for them work in my favor as well.Any thoughts about how to make this work or if I should avoid it all togeather?

The tax aspects are onerous compared to buy and hold.

Often those are set up to hide a sale/transfer in order to avoid a property reassessment and/or the lender exercising the due on sale clause.

These are two aspects that any industry will look at to relocate or start up being close to an educational center provides a skilled (and unskilled) work force.

In my market Buyers who are upgrading are more receptive to a staged home.Investors who are looking for rentals tend to see the other aspects (ease of maintenance etc.)Marie,What cities do you primarily concentrate on in the Central valley?