How will you handle a tenant that refuses to water the lawn or that stores a pickup in the back yard or hangs blankets in the windows?

6 Dogs --WOW...that backyard will probably retain that (you know what) smell long after this renter leaves.

Parking, laundry, and a backyard are huge perks for a college rental as well.  

They put a pool in the back yard (I’m paying the water bill) the spicket is leaking.

Before it becomes a rental, we will landscape the back yard.

You're in NC, so you have the opportunity that many of us (me included) don't have, which is to start in your backyard. - Check out the metros and a 30-mile radius of them to see what's listed. - Pre-Qualify yourself for loans (you don't have to go with the lender who does that) but you do need to know what price range you are working with your own liquidity and credit.- Define your buy box.

I have rented part of a duplex for a decade and just can not wait to have my own backyard.

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $120,000 This is a large ranch with a great back yard.

Your backyard is the gorgeous Wyman Lake!

I feel more comfortable investing in my own backyard.