My wife loved the house, so to mitigate the problem we moved the bed several feet away from the field and this was enough.One thing that determines the strength of the field is how much current is being drawn at the time.

Things to consider:-I need to be in a city, walking distance to a business district of some kind-I'd like to follow a path of progress within a city, and don't mind being close to (but not within) sketchier areas-a market where the average 3 bed 2 bath sells for under *ideally* 250k, but up to 350k (I'll be looking for a property that needs work, but this sort of market)-must be SF no association-I'm 31, single/no kids.

Is there a market for 3 bed 1 bath rentals in fertile?

@Vincent Gizzi I have a 7 bed house hack and rely on FB Marketplace for my tenants.

@Michael Gabin Hi Michael,It sounds like you are getting ready to jump and that you have already done a good deal of legwork - people have already identified the key categories: Single Family Homes, Multi-Familys 1-4 for residential investments and 5+ for commercial, Retail property and commercial properties - and then there are the specialist areas like Hotels and Mobile Home Parks etc.Some general guidelines are:Decide on your ultimate income requirement per month or per year - tax benefits and appreciation are often factored into these calculations but if you want somewhere to start that would be a good place.Once you've done that you can then start to work on the cash-flow per unit - a good rule of thumb is $200-$400+ for a SFR and $100-200+ for a unit in a multi-family ( that's Cash flow after expenses)If you plan to diversify within your Real Estate portfolio then you would be looking at a mixture of those cash-flows to make your required incomeThat leads you to think about how you would like to manage the properties - do you want to engage management or manage yourself - this is another piece of the puzzle to decide so you can get startedOnce you've got a clearer idea of the overall shape then you would decide about the best way to organise the investments in terms of capital outlay...Basically you would either;Pay cash outright - NOT a great plan financially probably don't need to go into that!

What we are finding is that even though properties need significant work, sellers still want retail pricing.

The top unit is a 1 bed 1 bath and the tenant pays 500 a month.

After several months of coaxing I gave in and began reading before bed.

@Riley Ricobene I have a spacious 2 bed 2 bath updated Condo in the Galewood/Belmont Central neighborhood in Chicago you may be interested in. $219k purchase, can rent for $1800-1900

I purchased a 6 bed 2 bath with the intention of living there.