it took the fed and state a very long time for the mda fundsthe MDA - as an investor youd get 40,000 back on a single familyon a quadraplex 160,000.of cousre the rents must stay at a certain level for 5 years.our local economy is doing well.

Your background at the housing authority should be able to help you some as you venture forward.Without a doubt educating yourself is be single most important thing in my book.

You will want to focus on paying far less than the retail on these investments, whether they be condos, single family or multi family properties.

One thing you could do besides going after specific strategies that you have nor done yet like foreclosures and short sales, would be to see if you could trade some of your single families up to multi family properties.

(just kidding) :beer: I'll be mostly dealing with SFH's , such as a single or double wide.thanks for the helpSean GallagherProsperous Properties, LLC

Are single family residential properties hard to keep tenants in?

The forums that seem to have the most activity are:•SEO•Google-Yahoo-Search Engines•Linking•Getting Attention to Blogs•Marketing Ideas•Website design and Dev•Social NetworkingAll are great areas to pay attention to, but the single most important piece of the puzzle that I think is being overlooked is MOBILE.Here are some of the leading objections I hear from real estate agents, brokers and industry pros:•I use my phone for phone calls not to text chat•I only use text messaging to communicate with friends and family•I have a client that uses it all the time and I hate it.

If you MUST use particle board to save $$, after they go in, run a bead of clear silicone over every single joint (do this for bath vanities too) to help prevent any water from getting to the particle board.

You can control staggering amounts of property, and not have your name on one single mortgage.

After 40 years, the advice he gave to me was to buy distressed single family houses, repair them, tenant them and manage them.