Completely get that Ken M.It's just that I was identifying my no expenses as a financially superior way to get ahead of the curve, as well as being able to take care of my parents by physical proximity.

It seems that the drawback to this neighborhood is always that it's close in proximity to "bad" neighborhoods such as Middle East, but it's my understanding that Middle East will largely be redeveloped in the coming years.

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School is starting and I was thinking getting renters would be easy due to my duplexes proximity to ECU.What have you all done that students or renters seem to have liked in your rentals to get renters?

Trade work for proximity: sit in on acquisitions calls, walk one property a month, and debrief numbers after.

This way if there’s physical damage by residents the company pays the first $500 to fix it.

I have underwritten a few MHP in the midwest, the best deal for MHP was here in San Diego, California because it of its proximity to the ocean.

Before spending six months, third party costs, wiring investor money...perform the physical inspection.

Proximity to towns or highways. 10.  

I used to think you needed to own physical properties to make steady returns.