There are people who buy plane tickets and hotel rooms to network, so a boot camp seems worth it.

You pay the association fees which is a big cost but most of the big ticket maintenance items should be paid by your association dues.

Already purchased my ticket -- can take all the learning I can about the Baltimore REI scene.

A big part of the 50% rule is saving capitol back for those big ticket items like furnace replacement or, the most used example, a new roof.

Ultimate Rewards points made it happen.Those 9K points were probably earned with no more than $3K in spend due to bonus points achieved by using the rights card with the right spend, putting the effective return at over 10% (RT DFW to STL tickets run $300+).Credit Cards, used wisely, can achieve pretty decent returns on your spend - well beyond the 1% rate advertised, but that's a whole other discussion.

I am risking getting pulled over and probably a $75-$100 ticket.

That's why I think I will be better off buying big ticket items (except for building materials) myself ...I think

More excellent benefits, thanks @J Scott.And from what I can tell, all this is available for much less than a round trip ticket to California.

., but a little tedious - and likely expensive - for day-to-day operations; orOpen a joint account with your local agent (for your LLC) - implies a high degree of trust in your agent;If you are using a local property manager, all the operations will be through their (hopefully segregated) account for your property(ies) ... this leaves you the option of a trust account with your solicitor for the big-ticket matters.In all the above, you will need to provide identification and may need to have it notarized in NSW and send directly to the parties in the U.S.A. ... we were asked to do this when opening a U.S.A. account a number of years ago.

If you have cash buyers and private money you can write your own ticket in this business because the deals are always there.I'm glad to be here!