A friend of mine bought some houses from them that he thought were occupied and running smoothly because rent checks always came through on time.

You know those signs that say "we buy houses for cash" call them and say you are investor looking to buy a flip. 

These areas attract long-term tenants who are willing to pay for quality housing​​.Mixed-Use Properties:Properties that combine residential and commercial spaces offer diversified income streams.

I replaced my old water softener with an AQUASURE from Home Depot, and it works just as well as the one I had before (which came with the house).

Hello i bought a house for 75000$ and can get a loan on it for 155,000$  My question is hypothetically if i were to only get a 20,000 Loan From the 155,000$ loan and never pay it would they foreclose on my property and i would loose it for not paying the 20,000 Loan?

I'm a beginner and I'm looking for tips on how to perform a proper market analysis on houses to buy and hold long term and rent out.Right now I'm looking through all the MLS websites and finding properties in locations and within my price range.

If I were your age, I would 100% do a house hack of some kind.  

Took me 2 years to completely gut and re do everything in the house.

The neat thing with TDR is that, after you've sold off the residential development rights, you still own the land and get to use it in all the same ways as before, except that you can no longer build houses on it.

There's alot of neglected housing out there, gentrification.