It depends on the age of the house, it's not the best practice to put asphalt over slate but I've seen it done before because removing slate is very costly, slate is heavy.

At any age this business takes a ton of determination and guts.

@Charmy Lee There are actually some distinct advantages that military members have over other investors that can help you become incredibly successful as a real estate investor.

Old houses have cast iron pipers that will disintegrate (because of age and/or foundation shift).

The tenant was in another property managed by the same PM for the last 5 years and after their aged mother passed away (she was living with the tenant), the tenant was looking to downsize and moved into my upper 2BR/1BA unit.

Being 44 years of age I am not ready to retire for at least 9-10 years.

I say this not to be sarcastic, but because I've found this is a legitimate question in the 'digital' age.

I’ve checked out realtor.com and played with some filters to narrow it down to be more specific to age of homes, price, and sold price to determine if they might be in areas I can farm and drive for dollars for potential wholesale deals and get some targeted lists together.

Hi Cheyenne, First off, props to you for wanting to take action at such a young age.

I'm about 8 years from retirement age, with just a few thousand in savings and a 401k that's smaller than the national average for people my age.