But there were damages because of a dog & he left us a $525 water bill & the lease was specific about 60 days written notice.I approached her to track him down for payment but he had moved in with another woman (2 miles from our home) & was working off the books to avoid child support & their health care payments.

At 85k I get 417/month cash flow and 18.9% ROI, definitely a BUY in my book.

The number in the books are the first thing you want to verify as true before spending money on everything else for DD.

For the past year we have read any book we can acquire in regards to house flipping, selling your own home, and buying.

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I came across BP and just finished the free e-book today!

I also bought the J Scott books.

Consider using you past experience for student housing see below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

One book I recently read states they love pets because the renters have a more difficult time finding a place to live and they have a larger potential pool of tenants.

Careful though usually that are full of wanna-be investors.For wholesaling go to www.flip2freedom.comThere are a ton of great books on rentals..