However, there are also single family properties that can offer great returns as well.As for navigating buying a duplex with tenants, it's important to do your due diligence and review the current lease agreements to see if they will fit your plans as a landlord.

Not looking to game the system and using the property for ourselves is part of the plan as it's where we normally vacation anyway, so considering that the 10% down payment is much more appealing if we are able to balance out the rules and keep the cash flow positive. 

Hi BP,We just purchased a mixed-use building with 7 units of retail on the ground floor (13,000 sq. ft.), office above (13,000 sq. ft.) and a really cool basement (8,000 sq. ft.).We bought the building vacant except for one tenant, a nail salon.

If you plan to scale your vacation rental empire you may consider outsourced management.

I plan to rent for a year if I do sell this.

This time it's the tub that's rocking in the master bathroom on the second floor.

Anderson Business Advisors claim that this is a solid plan, but I've had a WY attorney also say the statutory trust will not transfer well to our CA properties.

A business does not base their business plan on possible RE appreciation and sale of that building.

Do you meet with us routinely to be proactive and do planning?

Would it be more their responsibility if you had a sign up indicating the floor may be slippery when wet?