And of course, if you're living there, you have to make sure it fits in with your lifestyle, commutes, etc.

These are immediate and you could do all three transactions in a matter of minute.Anyway you look at it, you still need to have it properly recorded in your books.

The fact they are complaining online might be an indication the property manager dealt with them properly so be sure to ask the manager for their side of the story.7.

I'm a bit concerned with the values in Boston proper, and wouldn't want to take on really long projects in case the market shifts. 

Sounds like you'd take a hit on lifestyle, but you could downgrade and survive comfortably.

These will help you get up and going to learn all the legalities as well as proper process for finding great tenants.We also used cozy.co for finding our tenants. 

I have clients who would be at 40% or 44% with just their primary home and day-job, but between all the rental income their mortgage calculated DTI, calculated properly by folks that know what they are doing, is down in the 20s, 27% or whatever (24% to 29% is a range I see again and again, for whatever reason, possibly a result of people trying to follow the "1% rule"). 

It just depends on what you need and whether or not you know enough to take care of your private lender properly.

Also, there is a difference between working and working properly.

Hi Ceryn,The question really is this:  Are you looking for lifestyle living for yourself, or, are you looking to build wealth with investment real estate.