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Is it really best to just take the plunge and dive right in?

@Christopher Lane Not going to dive into all the assumptions but the one, in particular, I want to hit is the financing.

Having this duplex for the past 8 months has allowed me to save up enough money to quit my full time sales job and dive into real estate head first.

I agree with other comments regarding it possibly being a deeper issue based on not so much what she said but how she said it.

Since we arent suppose to dive into the political arena , I will leave it there .

That data tells a story and I am a firm believer that passive investors need to have a deeper understanding of how calculations work in real estate and dig much deeper than a monthly cash flow number. 

I pay 10% for property management, I've seen alot of people find a place that does it for 8%, if you find a place that does it for 5% you may want to do a deep dive into how well they manage, I'd question how well of a job they are going to do managing your property if they are only making roughly $55 a month on it, I have had tons of issues with mine and I pay them double that, it's just not alot of money for one property, especially if it's a duplex.

Checking out that link now and we will look deeper with our contractor on separating those out or just upping the rent.

Now that the holidays are behind us I'm ready to get deeper into it and work toward finding a place I can move into by the end of Q1.