is an excellent distinction.It reminds me of a turnkey company (not in here) that would discourage a person from paying all cash and use leverage to buy more assets.

It seems like there was always one thing after the other and I knew the risk when I started or else I would not have done it but I never thought it would just keep amassing.Today actually was a good a reminder as to why I am doing this besides the money.  

I will put a reminder on my outlook for 10 years.

Be a great owner to work with by being professional yourself - it's sad to have to say, but I've dealt with owners who needed to be reminded of how to speak professionally to me.

Thank you for reminding me to do more research.

I am often reminded of the story about the CEO who goes on vacation and meets the fisherman.When I finish with my 4plex it will produce almost 90% more income then the day I bought it.

Reminded tenant of how to shut off water and called plumber.

So here is my process. 1- Open Zillow/ redfin or whatever, and type in a price range, 2 - Scan the states (sunbelt only for me) that have findings and pick the Citys that have properties meeting my criteria. 3- Check out the city on citydata.com (population trends, where they are at with state / Fed averages, etc... )4- If I like city-data then I will search and open the city's CFAR (Comprehensive Financial annual report) and see how they are doing with debt, reinvesting in the city, upcoming projects.. yada yada. 5- Once I got my city I will call 4-5 realtors and interview them (looking for ones that know how to "lift a skirt" of a home when looking at it, and can send video or photos)6- Call 3-4 PM companies and interview them, talk a bit about the market (rents/areas) and get some free info while interviewing them. it can be a lot of pre-work just to decide to dig in but I think it is worth it. 7- Remind myself to not overanalyze and stay away from Analysis paralysis.That's it that is my process... just interested in what anyone else's is, I feel I am too haphazard, I don't really crunch numbers, i just make sure the rent can cash flow (500 or more, pending funding terms) 

A good reminder that we are all in this together.

So I reminded the contractor they need to fulfill the tasks.