They talked about the following method for those who don't want to be super active in real estate:Buy one house a year, ensure rent covers all expenses at a minimum Have each house on a 15 or 20 year noteOnce you hit year 16 or 21 (whatever you amortize the loan for), start doing cash out refinancesThis method only requires one house (more would work too) a year, and would greatly supplement or even provide a retirement.  

For me, as a social media marketing coach/teacher, it's all about the proper marketing and being where your buyers are searching.

I believe prior proper planning prevents piss poor performance.

They are there to help and to protect your interests - to ensure things are legally done and to ensure the deal closes. 

Consult a local real estate attorney to make sure your rental agreement is airtight and has you properly protected. 

Building owners, having tenants in the building, shall post a notice in a common area of the building informing tenants that the owner of the building is required by law to supply and install carbon monoxide alarms in accordance with Section 908 of the Philadelphia Fire Code, and shall provide at least one tenant per dwelling unit or rooming unit with a copy of the manufacturer’s instructions for the alarm to ensure that tenants understand the purpose of carbon monoxide alarms, how they operate and appropriate action to take when an alarm sounds.

@Stephen Thomas , my company (Walnut Street Finance) is always looking to figure out the most flexible way to ensure project success for our borrowers.

The reason I want things to be done properly and lawfully is because I do not want to be known as the unsafe and careless flipper who sell garbage properties.In this journey I bought a property from a Wholesaler who provided me with a pool estimate that were $4,500 less than what the work costed.

The only thing is your content must be properly defined to make a person want to hire you.

So just a quick check before you get excited about writing an offer on the property to ensure income limits aren't going to kill the deal... keep in mind that rental income counts towards that limit, so really you're limited to census tracts with no income limit (again, 90% of many major metropolitan cities).Here's my little "Why 6 year old biggerpockets.com podcasts and blog articles telling you to start with FHA are, as of 2018, wrong."