It doesn't seem like houses are on the rent market for too long, as long as they aren't priced ridiculous.  

Finally decided to list it with this guy for a ridiculously low $699K and let people overbid.

They want to look at a hundred properties and make ridiculous low ball offers on all of them.

If you want to quit the 9 to 5 and do what you want to do all day long, then it's all about cash flow spreadsheet like this:Average Turnkey Cash Flow Per Door In PhoenixMetro Area No Bank Financing Neededhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/600/topics/584916-average-cash-flow-per-door-in-phoenix-metro-area This can be done in almost any market (except the crazy, ridiculously expensive markets).

@Thomas Coke - your experience with your rental here in Huntsville is not necessarily relevant to your new city - in other words, I would not assume that how things played out in Huntsville will be the same in your new location, given how ridiculous the market here is right now for both rentals and owner-occupied. 

New Jersey and New York have ridiculous purchase prices and the returns you could get in Philly are so similar, so why not get more bang for your buck?

It’s getting ridiculous and I’m just ready to have a trusting company to transfer it all to, and invest big through.

The closing process was a ridiculously stressful time for me for a variety of reasons, but we made it through.

There are some great books out there on how to creatively finance your deals and get started with low and no money down but maybe you are like me and would prefer to do deals where you own all the interests and do not want to pay the ridiculous interest and points associated with hard money. 

I know asking the seller to do it is ridiculous, and as of right now everything works fine.