I've only seen one house in my area with that steely-blue and I love riding by it! 

It’s going to be a wild ride, for sure.I would definitely say for your first deal to steer clear of fix and flips on your first deal.

Have been looking for a few years for land in southern MN/northern IA on which to build an old fashioned foursquare and barn/outbuilding...something about 10ac+.

I live ok, but you would never guess how much money we handle every month by driving by my house or seeing what kind of car the family rides around in.Second point, when I buy a property, it is in distress and I buy at a heavy discount.  

Through constant annoyance and hounding I was fortunate enough that @Jay Hinrichs let me "ride along" with him a couple years ago.

Sometimes qualitative aspects can over-ride the math...

If you google search "human interaction" you will learn more about it, it's an old fashioned thing our parents used to do.

The reason she's not leaving is because you're not demonstrating the proper image of a Landlord that knows what he's doing, so she's going to ride this out and continue saving thousands of dollars.Hire a professional that takes action. 

For MFUs however, you are buying a cash flow and you don't buy-to-flip IMO - - these are buy & hold.The prospect of an acceptable cash-flow trumps current market prices, as even if there's a typical 7-9 yr cyclic behavior, you don't have to fret;  just ride it out collecting that cash.Contrarian thoughts:  If your economics go in the trash, your W2 job moves to Podunk, you might find yourself in a forced sale.Real Estate or the USD 'could' get really burnt and we just 'throw our silver into the streets'.As JFK said, Life isn't Fair. 

Call me old, but my time is very valuable so I only want to take on opportunities that make me happy and fulfill me in some fashion.