If you're investing in real estate, either actively or passively, his goal is to cut your taxes in half (ideally to 0) within 3 years. 

That is great, I did not know that.Is that only for active listings?

FAMU and the community college are also close by, so there is a lot of rental activity in town.

There are generally more active JV partners that are willing to partner with you on deals like this.

But then when they got into the job they found 3 additional layers of shingles and roughly 80% of the house had to be redecked.So after swallowing that, I go to inspect the work this past weekend.

Also if you are flexible enough that you can also take in roommates in your unit then you could end up living free and maybe pull out a little money too.Look around on BiggerPockets and read the main blog and listen to the BP Podcasts and be active in the forums.

If they weren't recently updated, you can factor that into your repair estimates.No comps usually means slow to no activity in the area and that's a concern.

No, if you're buying an entity that owns the property you can keep the eviction active.

This is a much more expensive, active market than I experienced in St.

I am Active Duty Navy with over 16 years in and have been in the real estate business for about 7 years.