The issue I, and many other folks living in expensive areas, face is the fact that it would take an insane amount of down-payment money to get started.There are many ways to be successful in this game.

I just came on BP to do more research and your post hit me square in the face.

He asked me if I wanted him to move and I said, "yes".My wife and a worker could not believe how calm I was when this idiot spit in my face.

My tenants stay for years with little effort on my part, but I do pick them carefully by meeting all of them face-to-face. 

#hand-to-face.  

One of the largest expenses we face is often our housing payment.

It is nice to see strategies to not pay taxes, but I think a lot of times people bite off their nose to spite their face.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Good luck!

Throwing thousands of dollars around just stay face is not reasonable to me. 

So it is with a straight face I can give out applications and request holding funds and people have no problem stroking large holding checks to a mgt co vs the bad handyman.