Lisa Phillips has a ton to say about it on her video blog.

I listen to the podcasts, have read a bunch of forum posts and blogs for a while now. , this direct info is helping a lot, and hopefully helping others as well.

When we need to do an upgrade because of an emergency (like last week when we discovered a leaking hot water heater had caused extensive floor damage) we compensate the tenant for not being able to fully use their unit, either by a rent refund for the lost days or by putting them up in a hotel room.You are talking about extensive upgrades to the kitchen.

There's BPs Ultimate Beginner's guide there and a link to the Podcasts and Blogs.

Eventually I’ll do a little of both to diversify.Since this is a RE blog, I’ve come to the conclusion that many California RE investors have, and have decided I have to go out of state to invest.

The best deals most likely haven't come to market yet, and you want to be the first to discover them.

I will update this page in conjunction with a recently launched blog, www.thatflippingcouple.com.

As you pointed out in your blog post, http://realheartland.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/out-of-state-taxation/ the answer seems to always be "it depends".

I wrote a blog about about leverage and ROI, and you may be able to tell by the title what my thoughts are!

Some of these buyers are going to get caught with their pants down when they discover they own an unrentable junker with exoribant tax bills attached to it.