I will not eat at a restaurant if the parking lot has a lot of debris as I imagine the kitchen would look the same way.

I recommend you build a strong foundational understanding of how to be a Landlord before it eats your lunch.BiggerPockets has a bookstore that includes a good book on managing rental properties.

2 units are the same with 2 bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen is not eat-in.

We charge an animal fee of $200 plus $20 per dog per month.

A recent study of thousands of consumers said 60 degrees was about the cut off point for diners being comfortable eating outside on patio etc. of restaurants.For warm belt states this news is not that bad as only cold typically a few months out of the year at best.

Joe, New Jersey is a whole other animal.

Cap Gains can quickly eat away at your profit.If you go in on the property with your buddy, be sure you have a contract the outlines expectations and what happens in various scenarios (i.e. what happens if the market tanks).

These costs can eat away at profits.  

It is a townhome so the HOA does eat a little into my profit margin but I'm still making roughly $300 after all is paid at the beginning of each month.

Our primary business eats up most of our time (so VERY little is left over to source our own deals).