@Ryan Dossey I really like your simplistic and friendly non-salesman approach on the voicemail.

(Simplistically, another car dealer does have the same type of car for sale, in real estate, there is not another property on the face of the earth that is identical or even as similar as two new or used, blue, models by the same maker with the same equipment and condition.

@Jeshua Moore This sounds over simplistic, but seek out a mentor in your area and offer to help him or her any way you can for free.

You can't be so simplistic on multi-family.  

Very simplistic, I know, but you need simple when you are trying to don't have much experience with this stuff and you need to make a quick decision.  

However, once you understand how Ohio law works (which is part of what is taught in the class) you quickly realize that it's definitely not as simplistic as you may have been lead to believe.

Promise I am a very simplistic person.

You may get personal opinions.A good investment is not that simplistic, since real estate is unique, you need to look at several aspects, capital requirements to get in, management costs (financial and economic headaches), liquidity, marketability, appreciation, tax benefits and there may be intrinsic benefits.

@Sandra HoltI feel as a landlord we have to take a situation like this one and decide if it would be easier to take care of this simplistic repair ourselves or charge our presumably loyal tenant for the repair.  

I live simplistically - I save around 70% of my take home income so I can reinvest it, and I don't do that by taking on 40k car or boat payments.