I spent a few years adding to my rental portfolio in the '80s and only added a lot of rentals when the Houston market heated back up between '87 and '91 or so.

I have been floating the idea in my head of becoming a part time real estate agent in the near future (6 months - 1 year).

YOU must fix all the items that they have broken before the inspection otherwise YOU are in violation of the lease and it will not be renewed.I try to have a little nicer house or apartment than others in the area.

I'm considering doing 1031s out of a few SFH on the west coast and purchasing some small apartment buildings.

I have been doing some research in Houston (mostly the northwest of the city) and see quite a few opportunities on the MLS (zillow) for distressed properties in need of rehab where the numbers make sense to Rehab, rent & refinance (BRRR). 

after seeing hendersonville grow to the point of pushinginto gallatin, im really considering maybe developing a small community of shipping container apartments/townhomes, and renting them out.

After a little reading here and there, I figured my best plan is to save up while I'm in college and then buy a 2-3 flat, live in one apartment, and rent out the rest so my tenants essentially pay the mortgage.

If you are willing to put in your sweat equity you will likely be able to land a deal on a good potential rental and just live there for a short time I was able to find a small house with a garage apartment several years ago which we lived in and it turned out to be a great cash flow property although it wasn’t a standard duplex.

The neighborhood is a mix of single family, townhouses/brownstone and a spattering of 4 unit apartments.  

I have been looking for sometime to buy multifamily/apartments 20-100 range.Live in Texas but market to hot for cash flow.Can’t rely on appreciation alone and buy at 5 caps.Out of desperation even looking at Chicago; the cash flow seems tempting in the 9-10 range.Obviously areas like Gresham, guess very high crime and can’t even walk to see property you own.Is it unrealistic to think that you will have Mgmt run the apartments and you just take the cash flow; and have nothing to do with it?