This. Definitely.

Houses under 200k and not in the ghetto?

Is this even real life?

When I bought it it was $160,000 and I thought that was a great deal.

Don't you live in Phoenix? This cost of living calculator says houses are 9.4% more in Olathe than Phx? Couldn't imagine that is true, but thats what it says.
https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-l...athe-ks/200000

I cant see why would want to have a rental in a city right now. Prices are good, free up some cash. Invest.

We are renting out the farm house. Pain in the ass.

Yeah I'm about ready to do that. Get out of the game, lay low. But what to invest in that I can beat 8-10%?

Ask Lewdog. He may be able to lead you into something good.

Also talk to the accountant on rules-you prob knew that.

Amazing, already 8 pages, and still not an Bugeater post.

Only because you missed it.

Good find. I missed it.

Honestly, I may just rent the rest of my life. Buying a house DOES suck, as does the upkeep and repairs.

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(doesn't help my state of mind that I'm usually gone 11-13 hours a day with work, but still)

Same here. Me and the wife live in the northland by Tiffany Springs area, and it's a nice area.

We have talked about a house, but at the end, it just wasn't worth the investment for us since we're pretty much gone half of the day due to work or events anyways.

Plus, most houses around here is going for $300,000 at the minimum.

Right. I moved up that way as well, I'm 4 minutes away from Zona. Love it up here.

It's definitely a sellers market right now, so that doesn't help anything. I'm not ruling out one day diving back into house ownership, but right now I'm just fine.

Huh, you're not too far off from where I am then.

I'm tired of living around unemployed crackheads and renting from slum lords who refuse put any of those thousands of dollars I give them back into their properties.

Plus I ain't getting any younger, I'd like to have start a family soon.

Well, I can't speak for your experience, but there are good apartment complexes that does care, just have to do some hard and time consuming research.

What I find the best way to do is just scout the area, then just talk to the property managers/leasing agent, and equally important, just walk around the apartment complex without the property managers/leasing agent and see if there are any people outside that potentially lives there, and talk to them face to face.