Get that car off the lawn before the landscaping is ruined, or get that tenant out of your house.7) Have a "landlord speech" ready to give to applicants or at lease signing. 

I wish I could tell you a formula but we're talking me mashing down thousands of claims into a step by step process for a future what if. 

The tenant is essentially asking for several thousand dollars in rent reduction to make up for these issues, but this seems way too excessive to us. 

If you refi now you will probably have to pay title fees again which will be in thousands based on your loan amount. 

Veteran real-estate investors raced to buy tens of thousands of deeply discounted houses, often sight unseen.

It's such a small town with a couple thousand in population.

If you were already experienced or very savvy about the area and market, then perhaps it could work, but I foresee far too many problems especially when you're in a scenario where a stroke of bad luck could ruin you financially.I'd suggest looking into the greater central valley, specifically Sacramento.

You have to understand that the rats, coming from the tenants's dog poop is ruining your investment.

Those 50k jobs have the potential to create tens of thousands of additional jobs.

New investors partnering together can work out well, but it can also ruin your relationship if things do not work out well.