I keep them very well maintained.

A part time real estate job could be a good idea too.

She's agreed to maintain the loan and rate for 5 years.

Here those units within 5-10 minutes walking distance of campus are best purposed for student housing - both because they are most desirable to the students and less desirable to other populations.Within this radius:A multi-unit building comprised primarily of 2 bedroom units with a few 1-bedroom and/or 3-bedroom apartments works well;A house with 4-5 rooms is appealing to groups of chums (mates) looking to live together, though social cohesion is more difficult to maintain and annual turnover is common;A house with several furnished rooms (and a live-in Den Mother) is appealing to International Students.We have been fortunate to experience very little in the way of "student damages" to properties, but we screen very thoroughly and almost always require a guarantor (typically parents or grandparents) to backstop any damage or fiscal failure of little Janey or Johnny.  

I pay water in the quad-plexes and maintain home warranties on all of them (cost roughly $375 per year). 

Definitions will vary, but when it comes to apartments, some general rules of thumb:Property TypesClass A: Built within the last decade OR older property that has been very nicely renovated/well-maintained and is located in popular neighborhoodLots of amenities (doorman, security system, washer/dryer inside the apartment units, stainless steel kitchen appliances, on-site gym, doggy park, package room, reserved parking, etc.) 

I worked into the lease, that a portion of their "ON TIME" rent and their deposit will go toward their down payment. 

I'm not going to lie a lot of people around here think California investors are ignorant and usually laugh at them saying "you can tell that was a California investor" because most overpay and don't maintain the property.

So no investor is going to loan money on a property in cyber currency, when it's possible the money they get back might be 40% less than what they thought it was because of a flash crash at the wrong time. Real

We will be full time real estate investors, so no need to worry about 9-5 job restrictions.