My dream is to supplement my current W-2 income with passive real estate income within the next 10 years.  

Okay BP, I need a bit of reasoning to supplement my analysis.

My manager also continued by saying that "that amount did not cover the loss" and that they had "considered deducting $600 from my check".I would like to supplement this explanation by also stating that I leased 23 apartments last month, more than any other agent in the region, and the 22 other leases either did not qualify for the special or met the special requirements, so this was an isolated problem.

you can go online and see how many BTU's is need for the square footage of the house to see if it's adequate and check size of yoursI don't think the landlord is in violation of your housing regulations for your state.. you can ask the landlord if he has a window A/c unit to supplement,  And ask him to have his service tech come out to inspect the unit. 

I'd also like to supplement my teacher pension just for peace of mind with all of the attacks on pensions nowadays as well.  

I'm currently a financial analyst for a large medical devices company looking to supplement some extra income on the side through the power of real estate in order to eventually go into it full time.

If you are looking to build a portfolio of cash flowing rentals to create passive income and supplement a retirement, get the fixed 10 year loan.

I'll have 5 days a week where I'm not going to school and am looking at this venture as supplemental income just as my current RE holdings are.  

However, school will be over in December, the wedding will be done mid February, and after that I won't know what to do with myself.My main bare-bones goal in real estate investing is to supplement my retirement income.  

Things like that." with out writing a lengthy dissertation.If you're seriously considering investing in this area I think you need to do a lot of the general high-level research yourself, and then supplement it with more narrow, specific questions that we locals will be happy to answer.