I look at buying real estate like starting a business. You have costs, revenue, customers (tenants), suppliers, contractors, etc just like in any business.<p>A year out of college (2010) I bought a rental property with a good friend/ investment partner and I want to write an article sharing my experience.<p>If you have any specific questions ask them here and I'd be happy to address them in the article.
i would like to know how you searched for and chose the property. did you spend a lot of time searching for the right neighborhood? was the property in the city where you lived, or did you seek out a city with the economic circumstances to make your investment work? is this something that you will be able to replicate over and over again or was it a sweetheart, once-in-a-lifetime deal?