There are legitimate negative macro-economic factors that deter folks from Chicago, but when you break it down by neighborhoods, there are still tons of areas that have positive net migration, job growth and large enough spreads that more than offset our lovely tenant-friendly environment :). 

Always an excellent way to break into REI!

Her answer was “when we’re more financially secure,” so I asked her to break that down and we narrowed it down to $15k in Emergency Fund (currently have $11k), credit card paid down from $7k to $2k, so really I’m only about $9k total away from starting the Real Estate Fund which itself should be about $15k to invest 20% in the $70k homes we have in our area.

So it seems to me like you'd be breaking even. 

I used to buy cheap knobs and they would break in less than five years.

Their body is longer than a cat, so the door of the trap wouldn't close.So I put these lines up on my Craigslist ad:New for 2020, all houses now have indoor plumbing and an outdoor cat^.

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Hi,I am interested in living and investing in rural areas.  I'm interested in hearing from those that may have had success doing this.  Currently I have a couple doors I manage, but am really interested in long-term p...

Account Closed I would definitely say to purchase 2-4 unit property vs sing family, with  value add you can get to break even or start with cashflow potentially. 

I'm not sure what happens when water lines freeze, could there be multiple breaks, could there be breaks in the wall?