Calif added 500,000 jobs last year, Texas added 390k jobs last year, Florida was 3rd...Moodys prediction for a banner 2015 economy appears to be in full swing.

While our path and journey has been amazing and in ways I never expected we have been more successful than my wildest predictions.

I can help you out if need be, but we're still in early 2015 so it's hard to predict where the LIBOR will be then!

I know no one can predict the future....but the RE cycle graphs I have seen show the expansion cycle overshooting demand and creating a downward trend.43% sounds like a lot.  

While it doesn't have your kid element, our story does have the crazy predictable components of life.I too am looking for an opportunity to work on this full time so we I can stay home and raise our future kids.Feel free to pm me if you want to talk.

It takes time to learn an area ,  Baltimore city can be a very risky investment if you dont know where you are buying , short term may look good , long term is harder to predict .

Michael, The horrible situation described in the think progress article should be covered under the legal concept of 'lack of foreseesbilty'.I believe the surviving party who's name is on the lease inform the landlord he cannot be held legally responsible for a random act an committed by a government agency who actions resulted in the death of a friend who's presence at the residence at the time could not have been reasonably predicted to have produced an outcome that would have normally resulted in damage to the property owners property. 

REI is not a risk free business and market changes can't always be predicted but that is what you are doing with a preferred return.

Flatter price curve than many markets, but more predictable.  

A very predictable outcome.So, I didn't find a mentor.