Which should I read/ is one a precursor to the others?

If by "turn key" you mean "move in ready", then an FHA loan gives you the lowest down payment.

These small tasks can be unbelievably time consuming if you're not thinking in terms of systematizing and automating.

It might help to explain to him that it is an unreasonable burden for you to hold the unit for a full month until he moved in without rent when there were other applicants ready to move-in and pay rent immediately. a deposit does not entitle an unlimited hold time for the unit and shouldnt have the expectation.

There is rent ready and then there is resale ready.I think your 2,500 based on what is said is way off and it's much higher.

In LA you have to screen the heck out of your tenants, but the good news is that the demand is astronomical for well located product and people can't afford to buy so the tenant pool is generally much better than in lower cost markets.Like I said, I am ready to diversify though.

I am looking at my first real "commercial" apartment building and like most things I'm starting off small... 6 unit building, I own a 4 plex, 3 duplexes and several SFH's, so I'm not totally new to the game, but all the previous properties I bought at deep deep discounts, all foreclosed, all cash deals, all in terrible awful shape, all are now rehabbed beautiful and cash flowing very well.So this leads me to this 6 plex, its in an area I already own duplexes, I finally this week contacted the owner, turns out he's ready to sell, hes owned the property since 1981 with his brother, his brother is 10 years older then he is and can't do any of the work anymore. so...

Please can any one share their experience and adivce me the right steps to take.We will be meeting with the lawyers to discuss the matter, but would like to get educated before and have our questions ready..Thanks in Advance.

He's back in town to get the house ready to be shown for sale.

Now I know there are a great number of people here with wisdom and knowledge, so I would like to ask would you focus on investing and paying down consumer debt ?