I don't market, heavily - not to say i don't enjoy the occasional $9,500 (1-2 a month typically).

In my experience they have 1 manager who is a truly knowledgeable individual and he disseminates maybe 5% of his knowledge to the high school kids who work there because he hates his job and hates all the n00bs that work there.With that said, there are occasionally a few good people that work there, but they never stay long because they realize what I just said is all to true and can make more money helping their friends and family on an as needed basis.

I hit Phyllis Rockower's meetings occasionally.

But if he comes and goes occasionally and you are getting rent, I would think twice.

Maybe not every month, but as you've figured out, bad things will happen occasionally that will eat a lot of money.Over the last few years, lots of people bought property and rented it.

After foreclosure happens, you then occasionally get to experience the thrill of watching the previous owners (or just as often a squatter0 getting dragged out of the building by the sherrif

Occasionally we hear about someone who is doing something we do not endorse and we ban their ads, but that is as far as it goes with the Google ads.ALWAYS do your homework and never take anything as a given.

These types of situations though very difficult do pop up occasionally.

, she signed some papers to receive a 1/4 acre lot of land as part of her parents divorce settlement - the land was in - a new planned community in Navasota, Texas.She forgot about the place, until about 5 years ago when we were asked to pay back taxes - We complied, paying probably 400% of the value of the property itself in taxes (We were not aware of any alternatives) - since then we have been paying taxes on time.We once went to view the land (there is no house) - safe to say the community never "took off" - there are a few houses enclosed in woodland, with the occasional manhole cover in the middle of the woods.

If you cannot afford the occasional water heater blowing up, you are better off renting.If you plan to flip, then 90 to 115k is very, very thin - 50/50 that you'll lose money.