We still manage our three rentals, and while it's not as fun as drinking beers on a patio, it's well worth the savings.

The Note is the legal document that contains the actual terms of the loan, it has all the details of the amount borrowed, the interest rate, how often you make payments, late fees, etc.There are three levels of assurances with loans.Just a verbal agreementa formal written promissory noteA recorded mortgage with a promissory noteMy guess is when someone said put the lenders on the deed, they may have meant a deed of trust.

You rent out three of the units and live in the fourth.

This is probably a three month goal for me, so I want to start analyzing deals now. 

Listed by population, cities east of I-95 that historically have viable investment opportunities: Wilmington 115,451; Greenville (NC) 87,521; Jacksonville 72,723; Rocky Mount 54,341; Wilson 47,851; Goldsboro 33,657; New Bern 31,291; Leland 22,908; Kinston 19,900.The first three in the list have, historically, lots of MF market.

Looking for input on a couple of topics -Do we evaluate the deal as three individual duplexes or as a six unit property? 

There is a property I'm looking at in my area that has three 2/1 SF homes on one parcel of land.

@Emma LincolnI think you can do well in all three.

So not sure worth prospecting the ones that get 1 case every year or two or three.....as some of those won't be sellers....maybe husband/wife survivors that stay in the house, kids move in, they already have a realtor, or some other excuse.You might get the 2020 list and run that for your county or local probate court and see if you can put that in Excel and shift and sort by attorney to see the ones who really are active and handling cases.

For rents, I use three systems.