My goal is to utilize real estate investing for passive income streams and to begin working for myself as opposed to others, while providing a high quality of life for myself and future family.I am currently interested in networking, and finding both single family & multifamily buy/hold, & fix/flip opportunities throughout Arizona.

Keep your card utilization under 30 percent.

If NNN is still in place I would leave utility & other expenses out.

What I’m attempting to show is that someone utilizing the 2% rule 5-8 years ago they could now get the same return utilizing a new .6% rule (2% - 1.4%) assuming all other factors were the identical.

From May 31st to Nov 1st I have a tenant in the unit and paying utilities.

I'm getting 850/room + 1/3 of utilities per person.

Performing energy efficiency retrofits of our properties is core to our operating principals, so we try to utilize these programs when available (even if the program is more show than substance).

@Jamison Haussman Welcome to BP it's a great site to learn more about RE investing.If you are moving overseas in 1 month you can't really utilize your VA home loan guarantee if you need to occupy it within 90-days.Would you be considering buying a rental near your mom's house or another location?

My utility bill has been high and a while ago i went under my house and the duct system had holes and tears all over..

I don't want to outsource to a PM company until I have to and I've heard of everything from utilizing handyman services on a retainer to giving the tenant a list of recommended service companies...how do YOU do it?