So, in thinking about what my interests in Real Estate are - I am primarily interested in house hacking - and my dreams of being debt free, I landed on purchasing some of the BP recommended Real Estate books, reading through them by the end of this year, and attempting to purchase a duplex somewhere around May/June of 2017.

I feel like purchasing a duplex, living in one unite, renting the other out, and purchasing a deal where the numbers work correctly to where my living expenses would be paid for by my tenant, would be an excellent way to not only help me achieve my goal of paying off my student loan debt, but also help me get a taste of what land lording is like to see if it is a route I would enjoy taking. 

(ie. you rent it to someone and act as the landlord).

If you were not already a landlord you do not want to start with this property.

I sell a house that has underlying mortgage still on a land contract, which put me at risk for a due on sale trigger (understand the risks of note being called from many prior posts).2.  

I'm acquiring a land contract with a buyer already in place.

Heber is small but growing fast and there's a huge shortage for rentals there, we're currently building rentals there, they're sold out but we are definitely acquiring more land to build more much needed rentals up there. 

I have heard that you can "assign" the property through the use of a land trust and using trustees etc. but I'm not sure of the specifics of wholesaling REOs that way.

Does anyone know of any programs that will assist landlords when a disaster strikes.

my four year old daughter fell down our front steps we told the ll 2 times about it within 6 months they put wood shims under steps their removeable temp steps then my daughter fell we told the landlord to fix them they said what do u expect a new set of steps said that would be nice he laughed we said fix the dam steps he said he would look at them do any landlords agree cause im friends with hos mother and we are never later then 2 days late on rent and always tell them when that happens he has over 30 mobile homes they said owned free and clear and 27 are always rented so its not a money issue I told him my daughter had to go to a neurological trauma unit and he said rents due today do you have my money i I told him thats the last on my mind but hes getting hismoneyy and he said expect an eviction and he  I told him i told him im hiring an attorney and he flipped he told me telling him about it 2 times within 3 hrs is too much and ordering him to do something is un acceptable what would you say whos in the right