While I believe in the long-term power of rental-property investing, being the lender comes without the headaches of tenants and toilets.

And then you've got the clause about how I'm not responsible if the TV goes out or if your power gets shut off (as tenants pay for their own power at my units).Really, though, if you have a drive to take on the responsibilities of a landlord, that drive should propel you to be the best landlord that you can.

The OP is from NJ which has none and my state of Texas has 1The difficulty to using the program is also compounded by the fact that the property must lie in your jurisdiction if your are an officer/fire fighter or within the school district if one is a teacher 

We've easily done 30+ transactions using this powerful strategy.

I would be more embarrassed by not using my money wisely for example by leaving all of it in an FDIC insured account that you know will not keep up with inflation (It is OK to have some money invested conservatively but you should also have money working for you and FDIC insured accounts loose buying power due to inflation).Good luck

The computer boards and drives that go into your computers, phones, submarines, airplanes, power grid and on and on all are manufactured by the Chinese with the Chinese military holding the largest stake in the companies.

But the lure of tax free $ if you move in and take advantage of sec 121 as @Katie Lepore, was saying is powerful as well.To use a model where you move in and take advantage of 121 your pace will be slower. 

I don't think the super powers would be even interested in a world war . 

Once you have a property under contract, negotiating power shifts a little bit in favor of the buyer.

This is powerful, because what college kid (or recent grad) really has money?