Obviously, as your progress through life, you need to increase your reserve to match additional living expenses. 

Even when buying multiple properties from the same seller at the same time, pretty much everything now is one to one - meaning one parcel, one contract.I've bought and sold a decent amount of properties, many purchases were directly from financial institutions, however there is only 1 occurrence in my life (7 years ago) that I purchased a bundle of assets on the same contract - and half of those assets were total garbage and the deal was a disaster.

@Ribu Thomas Lifestyle's Unlimited is a REI group in San Antonio, Houston, and DFW that specializes in rental real estate.

Police work takes away from my family and friends and the meaningful parts of life due to its type of scheduled work!

No advice here, just looking for thoughts and experiences on how to make sure jobs are done right - minus just waiting for the tenant to tell you something is wrong.Been in the trades all my life and have seen it all (or most anyway).

Make sure, for example, that the grandmother did not leave it to your client with your client's mother having only a life estate, or that the property was not gifted to the client rather than inherited.

@Jeffrey Almonte I know exactly where that is, I spent most of my life in the San Gabriel Valley.

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In this example, my monthly payments would get lower and lower, instead of being the same throughout the life of the loan. 

I am downsizing my personal residence and a condo fits my lifestyle.