But yes if most insurance is water, then Florida is oil.

I allowed two pets at one of my properties and they ended up with 4 dogs, 3 cats and 4 huge fish tanks.

House hacking a 4-plex in Anchorage will not generate the returns you need to go spend all of your time fishing in Homer... but living in Homer and doing a STR in your guest cabin would mean that you are already where you want to be as soon as you clock out.House-hacking, AirBnB, tele-working... these things are all just tools to use to build the lifestyle you want. 

Also, working with a buyer's agent can be helpful because as long as your agent is worth their salt they will help you know when the listing side is selling you snake oil. 

Like Brandon Ingegneri stated, you have to prime everything, we used the Kilz oil based primer on every wall, ceiling and floors.  

I think the lawyer is fishing.

I've found that the real passive income comes from commercial properties - apartment buildings, retail mall, office buildings, mobile home parks, assisted living facility, etc.Dedicated to your financial success, Trace TrajanoWhile I agree that commercial is where the big fish swim and eat, and the profits have several more zeros behind them, this sounds more like a plug than anything.Beginning investors don't usually jump in to large commercial deals and have success at them.

as you probably know houston has large oil and gas industry- specifically in my area there are many petrochem plants and such (ei: pipe yards, fabrication shops, drilling compnaies)

So if i have to worry about a tenent that will break into my part of the house how can i get into rental biz and trust any tenants of any house i rent out.R2 how do you sleep at night knowing that in your huge empire of apartment buildings theres probably someone cooking oil from the weed they grew...down the hall is the ex con smoking crack and possibly burning your whole future.If i cant trust the tenent i bring into a basement suite i think i better think twice about getting involved in rental part of REI.Maybe rehabs are the better way less human factor

I haven't found any properties that would bring in positive cash flow yet, but it's fun to fish anyway.