Sure, like everything else, the process needs to be adapted according to the type of business, area, era and property we are contemplating to get. 

It disguises their fear.For any new investors contemplating dropping a few thousand for real estate "education", allow me to offer this alternative:1.

I would just say this, if you were to contemplate investing in gold, have a VERY long time horizon for it.

When we sell our home, we will have a year and a half of living expenses in the bank and are contemplating making the move to the San Diego area.My training and experience is in law enforcement and I’ve studied my job options in SoCal, which look fairly promising (it’s just tough to land a cop job out of state without living in the area).

I'm contemplating trying Nationstar for a conventional (5-10+) property loan.

I had a tenant sexually assaulted in a rental unit I owned several years ago by someone she had dated.

I agree with Tim, as a former Paramedic, I have a rather broad range of experience with all street drugs, On one hand I am a fairly staunch conservative, On the other I can confidently say that I don't believe I have ever ran a ambulance call for either a car accident, domestic violence, or assault where Marijuana was a main contributing factor, I believe it should be intensely regulated at least as much as alcohol if not more, and that street dealers should receive increased sentences and jail time for selling without a license and tax evasion.I think it should have its own tax bracket concurrent with cigarette prices, But I can attest as to thst because your not seeing it, doesnt mean its slowing down or going away, The city I recently moved from is one of the largest producers of meth in the country, and it is only getting worse.

I'm sure that there are areas in the US that are just as bad, but I don't think I have seen so many people walking around with assault rilfes before.

That way, if I start small with a modest positive cash flow basis, I can build up cash reserves to cover future vacancy periods and repairs, and eventually move on to the more appreciation-oriented type of moves I was previously contemplating when we have a bigger cash cushion and a rental property throwing off cash.Again, thanks for telling me what I wasn't ready to hear at first.

After contemplating this the past couple of days, I think I'll just send them an email stating my position and see what happens.