Now that I am debt free in my personal finances I will be working to get a decent lump some of 6 months of my current expenses built up by the end of this year so I will have the pockets to stomach a water heater going out or a leaking roof in my first home.Then I can move on to saving a small down payment (I'm going the 3.5% FHA route) to get a multifamily home or home with a converted basement here in the Atlanta market for myself to live in one of the units and begin my investing career. 

The pic throws the visual off because there is 70 years of caulking  (built 1948) at those joints.  

Hi Neil,What town in SD are you looking for a property?

It was built in 1955. 

You only need to put 3.5% down, so cashwise it won't get in the way of other real estate goals you may have.My first deal was a 4-unit up I bought with FHA 3.5% in Santa Clarita.I lived for free (as opposed to paying rent) + enjoyed cash flow + built equity.

I'm mailing this postcard to 200 fourplex owners in town. 

They built a new small strip store with a Tim Hortons directly across from Tesla. 

I like the near east and near west sides of town (close to campus but generally not renting to students).

The city in these areas was built up from 1890-1930, and most of the single-family homes and small multifamilies we work on are from this period.

Instead of getting up on the toilet, turning around to face forward (putting 100% of body weight on one side of the toilet in the process), planting both feet on the seat, standing up, and squatting down (for #2 or #1), which will cause the bolts holding the toilet in place to come loose (our toilets are built to assume weight roughly evenly distributed on the seat).