Most were no money down seller financing deals but I had a great income & virtually all living expenses were paid by company.

Like any skill, whether it is in sports, engineering, the arts, etc..., you need to learn the basics.You can learn a lot of the basics here, but one of the most important elements of any "basics", it to understand not just what they are...but what they mean.We live in a society of instant gratification. 

My SFR have a virtual 0% vacancy rate. 

@Chauncey GlennI have many clients that live out of state and out of country.They find a good agent, virtually tour the homes or FaceTime with the agent on site, run their numbers and make an offer.They then hire a Property Management company who provides them a virtual owner portal and they manage their property virtually.Some investors will fly in for closing and a final walk though but, if they are out of state they either Uber or rent a car.In your situation you would Uber to the property, Uber back to hotel and walk to dinner.I don’t think owning a car is at all necessary for investing.

One of the things that I like about real estate is that it's virtually recession-proof.

One of our two STR units we converted to LTR in the school year and STR only in the summer where even in the midst of the GR it was rented virtually every day in the summer (today it is rented virtually every day all year).There were many people that increased occupancy by moving in with friends or family, but the banks also had a lot of empty homes in my market that they were sitting on. 

After intense 48 hours involving exhaustive virtual and local research, I decided to pull out.

And at this point IT is the future of virtually every company out there.

Hello BP,New to using BiggerPockets but I have been interested in becoming an investor for sometime now, and I am eager to embark on this new journey! I plan on working in my own backyard (NYC) but I am confident enou...

With house prices the way they are, and existing rents, it’s virtually impossible to get 1%.