“Both of my houses had tenants, and the lease on this one had barely a year to run at that time. As soon as it was vacant, I moved in and started fixing it up to suit me. The other house is a bit larger and has a two-bedroom garage apartment behind it. The income from them helped me get through school, but I’ve been able to save most of it for the past year or two.”
“Where do your grandparents live?” Noah’s uncle said.
“They retired to Sarasota, but they’ve lived in a number of cities over the years, and they always acquired rental properties as they moved around. I got two houses in Jacksonville, my sister got two in Orlando, and my brother now owns two houses in Tampa. My two cousins got houses in other cities.”
“It’s nice to have a place to live without worrying about having to pay r
