A young man recently reached out to me saying he wanted to learn from me regarding land lording and rehabbing.

Brad,Try putting a meetup page up, Craigslist, Facebook page up for your area and start your own.

I do have some good childhood friends in Phoenix and I am not crazy about the weather and location but I think for investing it does make senseI generally like Phoenix more than IE since it is a major growing metropolitan city and I believe will have a lot of deals coming up there again soon with all the out of state investors jumping in there.Not too crazy about land lording.

Thanks @Brad T. - all my current rentals are in Canton, as I live there too.

Unless you aim to be a slum lord and not maintain properties, provide safe habitat etc, there is really very little for a property owner to worry about.

Not to say condos couldn't do well as a rental (in fact i do have one condo as a rental), but from past experience, I think there are simpler properties to start with, like a mid size single family home in Mesa (preferably in a nice neighborhood without HOAs), where you can learn the ropes, not have to worry about getting your neighbors co-operation should any issues come up with the property and easy to liquidate if you find land lording is not for you after all. 

The only problem I see is that unlike land lording, the payments one collects will eventually run out when the loan matures, and the payments do not keep up with inflation!

One of the more notable was Brad Pitts generous gesture in New Orleans after Katrina. 

Leniency is not something you should necessarily have during your first few rentals it will set the tone for your expectations as a land lord so stick to your guns.

Wish I had done it, I became a land lord and REI by accident after the housing bubble and have since embraced it working towards making real estate my primary income.BestJW