I didn't come from money and was tought the value of hard work and I WANT to do most of the work myself, although I don't expect to have to do much, so I commend you for instilling that in your son at an early age!

Following up on what Dennis said, depending on the area you're in and the age of the house/mechanicals/roof, your maintenance/capex might be higher.

I admire you starting at such a young age too.

I know I shouldn't let emotion get in the way of business (which is why he did this without telling me first) but they are both single working class middle age women and to make things more complicated, we also live in the building and one of the tenants watches our cat and takes in our mail when we go away. 

Remember the age old saying in real estate investing is that you "make money when you buy." 

My question to the great BP folks is: can these houses stand anther 30 years for my investment or should I avoid them because the age and problems come with it?

All members are now well into retirement age, and two with serious health issues.

They will respect you for how you run your business and not your age.

Survival rate at that age is like 95 percent. 

Would like to know the ongoing interest rate with what %age down for how many years?