I'm curious if you focus on Reno or if you diversify between different cities.

So MSA vs city, is very different #'s.

That's a whole different animal....then you assume all of the risk and liability.

I suggest you take a few trips out to Philly and explore the different neighborhoods to determine where in Philly you want to invest and what areas you want to avoid.

We do feel like we are throwing money away helping her with rent when we could be putting it towards an investment property instead, but there is always the fear of pulling the trigger on the first home that isn't your primary. 

I suggest walking the neighborhoods at several different times--early morning, early evening, and night especially. 

Basically, 24 different properties spread across 3 Florida counties will need to close all at once during one closing.My thought is to do a quasi-double close/bridge loan where I bring in a partner to fund the deal (about $5 million), and then have separate closings as quickly as possible after the fact in which we sell the other properties we don't want. 

I recently took out a HELOC on my primary mortgage and have used this to purchase a home for 32,000 with rehab cost of 150,000 and ARV of 220k.

Your primary insurance policy with $300,000 in liability coverage should be sufficient in 99.999% of all lawsuits.5.

Looking for advice on how to maximize tax benefits on an upcoming conversion of my primary home to a long term rental (temporarily).