There was a recent thread where people were discussing the risk natural disaster risk involved in having all your properties in one city or regional area.

Given how subjective the term 'deal' can be, by nature, the average length of finding 'deals' is also going to be very subjective.Not to state the obvious, but a 'deal' to a wholesaler is going to need to be different than a 'deal' to a flipper.

So naturally I have to learn the real estate market all over again, but that is fun.

However, if the tenant has no insurance or the damage is your negligence (or natural cause - such as a fire caused by lightning) you are on the hook.A fellow landlord mentioned in one of our REIA meetings that his insurance went up after a fire in the home and the tenant didn't have renters insurance.

I'm currently invested in a couple SFRs and plan to grow that portfolio for a few more years, but I want to start doing and accumulating research to better formulate my plan for years to come.Anthony

Like-kind property is property of the same nature, character or class.

Our vast audience is compromised of real estate investors, agents, lenders, bankers, legislators, homeowners, renters, and other real estate professionals and service people.The site gets hundreds of thousands of unique visitors a month (currently close to 350,000), and we're continuing to grow at a great pace.

Implementing the strategy you laid out is a great way to grow your business quickly.

As a full time investor my dad had to do just that twice as I was growing up.

I'm anxious to find out what other investors think and are doing to grow there business.