Then, hire an attorney or collection agency to collect, or to screw up the ex-tenant's credit so the tenants doesn't do the same damage to another nice landlord.I am currently evicting a punk who is into the 11th month of his 1-year lease and the good thing is he has a decent job where It is not difficult to garnish his wages.

The property has an old but in decent condition Single Wide Manufactured home (does need some updating) with land included (not a mobile home park).

If you are going to make decent money, talk to your tax advisor on S-Corp Election.  

We had this once many moons ago but had a decent relationship with the bailiff. 

We're interested in out-of-state b/c we currently live in a HCOL area, but want to get started ASAP, which means looking at more affordable markets to start gaining experience.We however consulted our financial advisor a couple times, and have received push back on doing out-of-state real investing for a variety of reasons, including 1) we are currently renting in a HCOL and are saving up for our primary residence buy which is in another HCOL area (LA as want to be closer to our parents when we consider having kids, so this is a bit non-negotiable), which we aim to have enough funds for by end of 2024, 2) we have a fair amount of student debt that we want to aggressively pay off once loan payment freeze ends in 2022.Wanted to share our situation with the forums here and get some feedback.

If you google one time close via construction I am sure a decent starting point if no one has specific recommendation

still a decently solid deal for a longer hold by the numbers especially if a good location.assume some soon to come obsolescence if the guy was retiring...people get tired. dont let it throw you.

If your goals are wealth building, then finding a market with great appreciation can be the better play (Hawaii being a decent choice for that and much of CA being some of the greatest for that). 

I put up decent blinds in my units.

And generally she has been a decent tenant so focus would be on not creating bad blood.