They tend to draw a more difficult tenant the way a lower class house would.

I have read a couple of articles that bemoan that homeowners in expensive locales will suffer, however little to no impact to less pricey areas and a net probable boost to landlords.Live in flips will certainly be less profitable if the capital gains exemption increase from two to five years! 

Each has it's own particular risk.All having a single tenant have higher expenses and are difficult to achieve positive cash flow.

Those rentals are very attractive on paper but are also difficult to manage and I feel they are a recipe for failure for a new landlord.4.

So we found a property that had great potential for a value add option by building out the attic and adding 2 bedrooms, a bathroom/laundry room and a loft that would increase the square footage by 800 square feet.

Due to the time value of money accelerated payments increase your yield as an investor (but more on that in a future deal).Let’s talk Note Investing!

Rents will increase at 2-3% per year, so you will keep subsidizing it less and less as you gain equity.

I'm looking to increase my marketing efforts immediately by mailing 8,000-10,000 postcards/month, but don't want to waste money and time targeting the wrong lists.

It is difficult to be a successful landlord if you can't read people, because credit reports and income verification doesn't tell you anything about how much of a PITA the tenant is going to be or how reasonable they will behave as a human being.

Still cheaper than NY and NJ for sure but the rent rates have not increased as fast as the taxes!