Numerous of strategies in real estate investing not only the conventional way.

Jessica Brown congratulations stay consistent!

Others we want to stay.

Ultimately they chose to stay where they were at.

By accepting rent during an attempted eviction you would be essentially allowing them to stay and nullifying the eviction process.IF your landlord was that stupid, then good for you...the landlord got what he/she deserved.....but they are probably not crying in their milk while sitting in their private jet

Any areas that you can suggest or areas that I should stay away from? 

There are numerous ways to get involved as a passive investor via syndication. 

I should have said, there are numerous opportunities and I'd like to spread my cash out to accomplish more... or something like that

Stay focused & keep feeling out your niches.

In couple of two weeks visits, I rehabbed it with the craigslist “proffies” for like 15K, which was not bad at the time.In retrospective, there were two things, which significantly reduced cash flow:the location- as excited first time “investor” I did not pay attention to numerous sump pumps (the house actually sinks in the swamp- not unusual in New England)the property manager- I had one great guy for the first four years (also found in craig).