There are things some tenants like to do to "make it their own home" and if they are able to attend to minor needs on their own and make minor improvements to make the place more comfortable, they will feel more invested and are likely to stay as long term tenants.

I have 4 kids and a beautiful wife that I want to provide a very comfortable future for.

@Andrew Edwards It's your comfort level on tapping your house, but your are going to need a 20% down payment plus rehab (that's the standard anyway) to come from somewhere.

Hello new community!  My name is John Heck and I stumbled upon this website while researching a popular mentor program that was highly debated here.  I signed up and began reading the starter section and enjoyed it ve...

Especially since me, my wife and my three little girls live next door.I guess I consider myself a newbie because other than some pamphlets listing "Landlord Rights and Responsibilities" and "Tenant Rights and Responsibilities", for the most part I've just been flying by the seat of my pants. 

In terms of rental and income there are definitely some possibilities, it just depends if you're comfortable with low-income tenants.

Let me know if you are looking for deals to flip, the kind of deals you flip, and what you are comfortable with with.

The issue I have had, (I have done a few loans there) is that I could never seem to find enough people that I was comfortable with ethics-wise to make a concerted effort to work the area. 

. -- I'm leaning more towards getting into single and multi-family home rentalsWhile I'm fixing my financial situation (I have terrible credit and my student loan debt depressing), I figured I could learn all I can and be ready to hit the ground running, once my personal finances allow me to get to the point of comfortably getting out there.Since I don't have much money (or I should say I have zero money) to work with, I was thinking about using my web design and photography skills to build relationships with others that are currently in my area doing what I want to do.

Well Chris the plan is to get one year's salary in the bank and then quit ( I make about 30k a year post taxes) The way I see it is if I have managed to get 50k in the bank from only wholesaling properties part time then jumping to full time then I should feel comfortable leaving my full time job.