It is extremely difficult to buy houses unless you locate a seller who wants to sell you their house.

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This thread has had several people offer advice based on common sense and logic and thats all great...BUT...What new and inexperienced investors never seem to realize is that common sense and logic are two things that homeowners don't listen to.Why do I say that?

In the case of a multi-tenant building, the tenant will usually make repairs happen within their space, while the property owner takes care of capital improvements, routine common area maintenance, and emergency repairs that may affect multiple tenants.

I am extremely clean, don't break ANYTHING.

I tend to be extremely "Hands on" in virtually everything I do, and always was fascinated by the ways houses worked (Ever seen anybody geek out over plumbing?

I have been on this site looking at all the posts on REO's they have been extremely helpful.

We had twice the spendable income of anyone else he worked with, we still got to travel and live in different countries, and now he is retired and we still get his piddling little retirementr check and the extremely valuable medical coverage that pays for all medications.I did all my investing in the home town that we knew we would come back to eventually.

You made a very common mistake by ommitting many of the operating expenses.

Anyone with a large rental portfolio will be intimately familiar with the eviction proceedings for your area.IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you do everything right with the eviction.