Dampness and wood eating insects are your homes worst enemies.Now with the kitchen and bath out of the way, what do you feel is next?

Difficult tenants, costly repairs and falling rents can eat into your profit.

I dont know what kind of poor people you deal with, but poor people I know eat what they can get (low end food) and cook it in grease to make it taste better.I've been working with mid to upper-end stuff for four years now and it has treated me pretty well.

I've made a fortune on that which I actually stepped up to the plate & BOUGHT.....All my "bad experiences" are related to "Eating Crow" :cry: (& it tastes NOTHING like chicken) :violin: & NOT having taken that swing...only 2 later find out that the property was worth 2x...

.), as mentioned CSAs, produce stands with all sorts of local grown and produced products (esp. as the "eat local" movement grows even larger), and so on and so on and so on.

I've been told investing out of state is insane because using a property manager eats up all your proficts, particularly, when you have to fill a vacancy.

I was just eating lunch and almost lost it.

Keith Ferrazzi in his book Never Eat Alone says "Autonomy is a life vest made out of sand."

You have to choose to either really love the business....breath it, eat it, drink, and sleep it.

You will stress a lot less and eat a lot more.