This has exposed the fact that we have no muscle with bureaucrats and lawmakers, unlike, say, the banking or home construction lobbies. 

It also helps you develop your "No Muscle" and practice delayed gratification. 

My concern is that I'm going to get neck deep on a property and realize I had vastly underestimated the money it required or get hosed by a contractor.

Hi Kevin,Welcome to my neck of the woods. 

I was just asking people to find out how the rental market is chugging along in your neck of the woods and how the tenants are making payments.

@Gail W.The price per acre here in Saskatchewan is quite a bit lower than your neck of the woods, primarily due to legislation that is extremely restrictive of foreign ownership of more than 10 acres of land.

You know, building our financial muscles!

Im in the Muscle Shoals area and am interested!

It takes a moment to get your footing as you realize you don't have someone breathing down your neck.

My theory is I might as well use my own money to buy my own prop and manage it than run around like a crazy person trying to muscle up other people's property to manage.