The matches really test your shooting ability, cause you to learn a lot and make you realize how much you didn't know you didn't know and are pretty fun. http://www.idpa.com/ As far as the type of gun to carry, if you do a Google search you will find endless debates on what is better.

After doing this flip I am currently working on I realized that it is second nature and very easy for me. 

The journey is long but realize that you can continue to add additional properties to your portfolio once you get better and have a focus on cash flow.

I have a good job with good pay, but for now 100K is what we qualify for in a conventional 2nd house investment mortgage, but I realize even if we buy. 1. we need to get a great deal so we can make a profit, and 2. we need to somehow leverage ourselves to by the 2nd, 3rd, etc..

I do not need anyone right now, and realize the summer is the busiest season, but am trying to build a list of contacts that I can turn to for future projects that will be coming up in the fall/winter and potentially next spring.Would welcome referrals even if they are busy now.

My “math” only took into account PITI, condo fees, and management fees at $850, $232, and $123 respectively.I did not realize that you also needed to account for vacancies, maintenance, and CAPEX on top of that to get a true indication of cash flow.Adding these to the mix, my actual cash flow was -$585/month.Yikes.Upon my move, I figured I could save some money by paying off the second mortgage which had a remaining balance of about $11k.This dropped my actual loss down to ~500/month on a $23k investment.My property, originally worth 115k, for which I paid full price, was now worth ~$90k.Mind you, my stock portfolio had also dropped significantly.For my next military assignment, the Air Force moved me to Edwards AFB, CA in 2009 which is in the Mojave Desert about 1.5 hrs.

Which would cash flow a nice $1,400 or $480-500 net, but then I realized the taxes were triple what I estimated, instead of 2k it was over 6k!

Thanks @Wilson Churchill and Account Closed I didn't realize that the instructions for Schedule A, Line 14 state that investment interest does not include any interest allocable to passive activities. 

After a few minutes i realize it maybe the HOA.

I am capitalizing the house costs, but I am just wondering if there is a point where I realize I have bought a looser.