Flips and wholesale deals pay the bills and allow you to live a compfortable life while rentals can be accumilated over time and eventually used as a type of retirement plan... assuming you can only get financing for a few deals at a time, it would be wise to wholesale the excess deals you find when your hands are tied.... no garbage though, only properties you would be buying if you had the ability... just my 2 cents, good luck....!

Does anyone have any input about flat roofs, pro or con?

Small commercial loans are significantly more expensive than loans in excess of $500k in my experience.

I own a two flat no debt section 8 clients, for the last two years.

I would imagine not as they are different lock sets replaced over time.2.In the lease there are no pets listed but many tenants have pets.The tenants said they would pay a fee to keep the pets.So Instead of a security deposit I was thinking of a one time "pet acceptance fee".This way instead of a security deposit having to be escrowed in a separate account the money can be spent right away to increase cash flow.3.I was thinking to prevent toilet clogs the tenants should put those child safety toilet hinges on top of the lid so they toys etc. do not get stuck in the pipe.4.One of my tenants cars is sitting in the parking lot without a tag and a flat tire and the tenant says they don't have money to fix.Do I get that hauled away??

We have set longterm savings goals and broken them down into shorter term goals...if we meet the goal we take some excess money from that period and decide what to do with it.

I used a 5 piece surround with flat middle panel to cut for the window, the corner pieces have shelves.

And then the monthly preferred rate of return, they get a flat rate no matter what happens and you keep the rest (assuming it's positive CF)?

I was planning to use LLCs for any properties that I buy in excess of the four that I own in my own name.

You can probably find many smaller brokerages who would take a flat couple hundred dollars (or less).