Learn to fish on your own and do the hard work needed to set yourself up to be successful long term.  

You have to have the "plenty of fish in the sea" mentality in this business, and this all may or may not necessarily apply to you.

My local bank manager (Scott) invited me to a local fish fry several years ago.

When you hit that level, ask yourself if you are ready to retire and pursue fly fishing, gardening, volunteer work, or whatever it is that you were hoping to do when you retire early. 

This whole house thing is step one in "teaching the kid to fish" but he's not ready to captain his own boat for swordfish just yet -- it's Adult .75 (you don't get to Adult 1.0 til you're paying your own bills). 

So - if it's priced right (just above market cap) and there are value-seeking tenants around, I have had good experience being a large fish in a small pond.  

So, you are saying that a website that sells houses had an article continuing to sell you the story that buying homes in rapidly appreciating markets is a good idea...That's like trusting McDonald's to give you reliable data about how good for you a big mac is for you or that kids should eat a Filet O Fish to off set the risk of eating too many vegetables presents?

However I have little faith that they will be able to get their RV and fish house out by that date.  

They want the big fish- not small liens.

We really like that area.Gentrification potential: Grade B+Jefferson-Chalmers/CreeksideJefferson Chalmers has been called “a diamond in the rough,” with more than 160 acres of riverfront parks, boat launches, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities.