feed=blogsRich Dad Poor Dad is what completely changed my perspective on money and investing/real estate.

Once you have to rehab a house that you rehabbed before the tenants moved in your perspective changes.

I always explain that you should consider this to be your low-end, from a planning perspective.

From my perspective, I want to invest in places where I can imagine myself living in and having a good life, so I started googling best places to live in the USA, and found https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/best-places-to-live.US news has done some extensive research for 125 metro areas across the country.

Rents are still catching up and seem suppressed in many areas for now.One thing I am trying to keep perspective on when I decide on in area vs. out of area: Water leaks (especially from toliets) seem just as likely or more than damage from weather.

To give you some perspective, I’ll look at 300-400 houses/year (not all in depth) to win 10. 

From my perspective, the biggest concern with Associations are the risk of special assessments that will kill cash flow. 

@Peter MinA) There may have been a benefit of having the property deemed a rental property and charge the mother-in-law rent; atleast from a tax perspective. 

They can give you an honest and fair perspective as well.

So.... is that “ok” from a banks perspective, or is it a hush hush type of thing?