The TV costs $2500, but $800 is a nice down payment.Consumer Bill is the salesman who sold Joe the TV.

It's nice to see a web forum where puerile insults and spam aren't EVERYWHERE (could use more cat pictures, though).I'm 24 and new to this.

It is sad because some of the nice new subdivisions look like ghost towns.

nice to have you aboard.

I thought about it, but decided I don't have the time since right now I have to focus on graduate school.My current residence is a ~1700sq ft. rental 3BD/2.5BA that is in a very nice location and priced at about $170k.

Very nice homes.

Paneling is so dated looking but if it will save lots of money long term then I would absolutely consider leaving it up, which I had never considered until I read that post (the one where the poster said that tenants like to live in dark environments:))This is a lower-end building I should add but I still want it to look as nice as possible.Any thoughts would be appreciated.

You meet great folks and get some nice input.

I figure that if once I do get it paid off, I can save up tons of money and eventually buy rentals while having a nice place to live.

Rents are 725 a side.This does not conform to the 2% rule, but we are in a great neighborhood which in the long term I will see nice appreciation and this area has the best schools in town, so easy to rent.Gentlemen owned 5 of them and has been foreclosed on.