The houses are identical, have one bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, back porch, and a long narrow backyard.

Once you answer those questions and narrow down you area of investment, it will be easier to give advice.

I have been through 2 CPAs and found (now that I am learning so much) that they really had *no* idea how to do taxes dealing with real estate investments. if you have no recommendations, but at least experiences (even bad ones) to share please feel free to PM me. my intention is not to bad mouth anyone, i just don't want to reinvent the wheel in terms of finding a good CPA/CBK when i can pool my own experiences with others and narrow down my search to find the right professional. thanks in advance :)

Furthermore, the plot is ideal, flat and all useable space, whereas the comps here in landover hills can, ostensibly, be a little steep or narrow.

The ad ends by telling renters to contact some federal agency if they feel they've been discriminated against.I don't have any problem with those scenarios, but one skit had a wheelchair-bound man complaining that he couldn't find a rental, because none of them were handicap-accessible (stairs, no ramps, narrow hallways).I understand that if I refuse to rent to somebody because of their race or familial status, I can get sued, and I will probably lose.

., come up with a list of some of your "jargon questions" and post it, or actually do some searching first and try to eliminate some of your list and narrow it down to the ones you really have hard questions about.

I did some demographic and economic analysis to narrow my search to those areas which I think are good rental markets, so I will look for my first rental property within those areas unless some really good deals come to me.

Define your goals, develop a narrow focus that will help you reach those goals and become the most informed guy around about it.  

There's power in taking the "narrow and deep" approach to investing in property.

I'm an accountant by trade, but I'm not really interested in rejoining the rat race in a new place so I decided to start a second career in Real Estate investing with an eye towards building a retirement portfolio while generating current cash flow.I've narrowed my focus to small multi-family (I've got my eye on a 4-plex), but I'm still trying to figure out financing as I'm cash poor (I do have a great credit rating though).