I've been growing my education in RE for about a year, and my wife and I have been actively looking for our first deal for about 6 months now.While we wait for that first deal, however, I want to make sure I'm also continuing to invest in gaining practical experience that will help that first one be a success!

He’s been living down the street with a neighbor for over a year due to some health issues with mobility.

Many towns are actively taking over the properties or fixing the problems and billing the owners.   

Trash on the street, vagrants passing through from time to time, etc).

Other Facts:Built in 1969Off market saleNew Roof in 2007Plenty of off street parkingAll 4 units have separate access and a common laundry areaNot sure yet if I would end up with instant equityAny feedback would be greatly appreciated!!!

This will keep you pretty busy if you're active and engaging folks on BP, but not only will it build your network crazy fast it'll also expose you to a ton of different areas of REI and help you to decide what path you want to take.

The real estate investor group is super active and they share all of their events through there and their facebook group. 

Here's a suggested system:123 Sample Street     - Property          - Receipts          - Invoices          - Photos and Video          - Other documents     - Tenants          - 2015-01-15 Move in - John and Jane Smith          - 2016-01-15 Move out - John and Jane Smith          - 2016-02-01 Move in - Jack Squat     Every file should be named with "DATE - PURPOSE - LOCATION - NAME" which will enable you to find things using the search feature.

I did the math right now, and there are 2.68 months inventory in Killeen. (2217 sales in 2017 / 12 = 184.75/mo. 493 active listings / 184 = 2.68). 

Hi @Tianyun Zhang Back in my college days in the 80s I had an apartment right across the street from EMU inYpsi.Real estate investing isn't gambling because you have enough information to make a relatively informed decision.