I have taken the 40H class and looking to sign up for the test for the purpose of; making extra $ in RE --- getting closer to my market --- overall improvement of investing.  

If there is extra I have a shed to do .

I figure the extra intel helps MY clients so I'm all ears. 

See if your aunt will be willing to carry the contract or sell it to you sub2 for 6 months, this will save you financing costs.

Now TRY to find any 2,3,4-plex that will duplicate that $636 - - doubtful it can be done, as the extra expenses would eat the cash flow.

During a bad market where vacancies care up and it is harder to find tenants, is it worth keeping a tenant who is late with the the rent and requires threats of evictions or is it best just carry over the vacancy assuming you have the resources to do so when the market gets better?

Whenever I said that,  they were very very appreciative of my 'kind heart' and really worked extra hard to do what I told him to do for other things.

This recession has been extremely hard on new residential construction, and not left us with a lot of extra cash.  

I picked up a part time job doing delivery for a pizzeria, and while the people around me are laughing at me because they see a 30 year old delivery guy, they do not know that I took the job to not just make extra money to fund my marketing but to also be able to drive for dollars and get to know my surrounding areas.

All the while carrying costs (and hopefully a little cash flow) are covered by the tenants.