Am I a good candidate for real estate investment?

With a four plex you want a decent return because you're dealing not with one or two tenants but four.You list your location as Iowa.

If I as landlord physically involve myself, that is not passive income so its taxed at a higher rate.

Charles and I (as some of you know us) both work fulltime jobs and run a successful real estate business.

Lender may require immediate payment in full of all sums secured by this Security Instrument if:(i) A Borrower dies and the Property is not the principal residence of at least one surviving Borrower; or (ii) All of a Borrower's title in the Property (or his or her beneficial interest in a trust owning all or part of the Property) is sold or otherwise transferred an no other Borrower retains (a) title to the Property in fee simple, (b) a leasehold under a lease for less than 99 years which is renewable or a lease having a remaining period of not less than 50 years beyond the date of the 100th birthday of the youngest Borrower, or (c) a life estate in the Property (or a beneficial interest in a trust with such an interest in the Property).

." - Mark Twain I ran across this collection of charts about the U.S. housing market and have drawn my own conclusions but I’m looking for comments and reactions from the BP community as well: http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/housing-market-non-payments-foreclosures-10-financial-charts-united-states-housing-problems/ Shoot holes in the figures, dismiss this as internet fearmongering and damned lies, or confirm and discuss, folks...

I’ll let you know how it turns out.John

If you like land and passive income come to Iowa for some farmland! 

asked the man as he reached for his check book.

Oh, I learned all about the "magical Illinois land trust asset protection technique", but no mention that it's unprecedented in Iowa, and wouldn't hold up.. or that it's totally overkill for someone like me where a simple LLC will do.