During the recent period of low interest rates I acquired some rentals with a 15% down payment in order to stretch my cash further toward down payments on additional properties.This helped with the down payments and my math showed that even with a little higher interest rate compared with 20% down and the PMI until I was able to remove that this would still be the wiser choice. 

What are the top markets right now for buying rentals right now?  

Take just deciding on how far you rehab a house…”Do we really need granite counter tops in the rental?”

That I could take some of my inheritance and savings, around $400K total tied up in investments with TD Waterhouse, and using a portion of it to invest in a rental property(s)Currently without a job and hesitant to return to a similar situation, I'm at a crossroads.

In the last 6 months i've acquired two more short term rentals in the Poipu Beach area and completed a 1031 exchange.

I have a rental duplex in Lakewood, Ohio.

We were very successful with these rentals and decided to expand in 2017.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

The HOA is money hungry so they will never ban short term rentals. 

OK, so I recently sold a local rental property and just went into escrow to buy a replacement.

I just finished Brandon Turner's book on rental properties, and plan to continue to read more.I understand that Norada is a promoter, and prefer that given that they are agnostic in how they recommend properties.