Unfortunately, appears you've gotten exactly what you deserved due to your poor screening.Hopefully, you've learned from this painful lesson.Hire a well-screened landlord-tenant attorney and evict them and sue for damages.

I bet you don't have any friends who want to do this at your age so when you tell people about your dreams they say it's crazy.

That pissed those tenants off something fierce (naturally we were getting blamed for it) and on top of it, it was difficult to show the property to groups as construction work was going and the feedback from the current tenants to prospective tenants was poor.

I have two friends who own rental properties and they are successful with their properties, I read Rich Dad Poor Dad twice along with Rental Property Investing and Power of Habit, I've been told by multiple people apart of the Baby Boomer and Generation X that they wish they invested in Real Estate at my age, I was a Resident Advisor at my University and I enjoyed that role so some of the skills are transferrable, and lastly this is the best time for me to take a risk.

That happens in a couple ways- but your best bet is to find an investor friendly agent that will let you tap in to their network.

Question.. why would Peter, or any of the other so-called gurus charged you thousands of dollars for a course that is mostly outdated, customer service is very poor of even nonexistent, and here is the kicker....

All of the pressure that you are putting on them will make them resentful and leave the property in a poor manner. 

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

Your best bet is to establish a website and do SEO for that market.

The risk seemed zero, but it still happened (city poor maintenance played a role).- because people should be compassionate.