I’d like my first purchase to be in the 200-300k range, and definitely wouldn’t mind a fixer upper.

With that we where able to buy another fixer upper that I spent the first 3 months fully renovating.

At high income levels, lower percentages work just fine.

My boss is constantly stuck with these low level tasks and I want to take some load off her plate so she can focus on higher level things.

I live in Ohio and we recently rented the upper level of a duplex.

But if you decide that maybe it could work for you, then these four steps will be crucial in giving you the best foundation for success.Step 1: Know your reason for investing in apartmentsI didn’t invent this step, but I’ve been a long-time student of success and this is one of the keys: it’s to know your “why”.At one level, apartment investing is no different from any other worthy pursuit: there are going to be highs and lows.

These nuisances didn’t rise to the level of evicting the tenants, so basically I just had to suffer.

However, they're much more difficult to come by and the city is overly tenant-friendly.In contrast, cross the border into Delaware County where I just sold a triplex in Upper Darby for $205K.

Level.

. ($300K home around here is considered upper middle price point)