@Timur Salikov Roof can be tricky , you are right slate roof lasts a life time, you might be able to salvage and keep the box gutters if you reline them , depends how bad they are , these are tips for you to save money.

Life happens of course and we decide to move after living in the new house for about five months.

RE definitely isn’t for everyone but there’s plenty of people who have changed their life through REI.

What type of weather do you prefer, that plays a factor as well.Moral of this story:  Go for quality of life - you only have one!

Just like the others mentioned I started off with Youtube.Once I picked up traction I invested into seminars to build systems.4 years later I've done over a million dollars in assignment fees - wholesaling is definitely life changing if you commit to it.

Probably I'll use a property manager, but as I look further into the future and consider self-managing, I'm curious: how do you keep tenant and building issues from intruding into every area of your life? 

If you lose equity on the buy who cares about a on paper cashflow number that doesn't pan out half the time in real life after cap/ex/turnover/etc. 

I would recommend reading Scott Trench's Set for Life, John Bogle's Little Book of Common Sense Investing, and Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Investor (in that order). 

Or do they want to have a full rental and primary at this stage in life? 

Hi BP community,I recently turned 40 and my mid-life crisis seems to be manifesting as a desire to start investing in real estate.