Beyond solar panel roofs, I'm interested in investing in a conscious community, perhaps LEED certified for example.Ideally a place that helps you buy and rent out a unit like a vacation community.

It is easy to get bogged down in elaborate spreadsheets, expense categories, and the like, especially for someone like me who has spent his career in administration and executive management, so I have to make conscious efforts to KISS when it comes to taking care of the non-profitable portions of my business. 

I am very budget conscious and recently did a rectification of all expenses, changed power/phone providers to better / more cost-effective contracts e.t.c So I'm doing all I can to be more efficient with my spending vs income.

Make a conscious decision on how to bring each person in.

Yet as far as I know, I am one of a very, very small number of landlords consciously trying to attract geriatric health care workers near geriatric facilities as tenants by targeting them in my advertising and giving them what they want.

OK So you consciously CHOOSE to do the EXACT same strategies the herd is doing, KNOWING these strategies SUCK, because the herd is struggling at it.  

In this book, the main theme that is driven into the reader’s consciousness is the necessity of Living Beyond one’s means.

Be conscious of geo-targeting (https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1722043?

I'm really just stream-of-consciousing right now, I'm in agreement that there isn't much on the market that is a worthwhile investment in the Seattle/Bellevue.Looking forward to the meet up tomorrow!

I started attending a REIA back in RI where I lived and I knew I wanted to leave corporate America (been working at a mutual fund company for 12 years now) but I always had sub-conscious fears of the unknown,failure, etc.