"Mortgage" is the security instrument used in ALL those loan transactions.  

Claude is one of our personal mentors/coaches for strategic selling and creative real estate, and has been instrumental in helping us enhance both our skills and mindset for success, and standing apart from other real estate professionals in our marketplace.

While it doesn't have your kid element, our story does have the crazy predictable components of life.I too am looking for an opportunity to work on this full time so we I can stay home and raise our future kids.Feel free to pm me if you want to talk.

It takes time to learn an area ,  Baltimore city can be a very risky investment if you dont know where you are buying , short term may look good , long term is harder to predict .

Michael, The horrible situation described in the think progress article should be covered under the legal concept of 'lack of foreseesbilty'.I believe the surviving party who's name is on the lease inform the landlord he cannot be held legally responsible for a random act an committed by a government agency who actions resulted in the death of a friend who's presence at the residence at the time could not have been reasonably predicted to have produced an outcome that would have normally resulted in damage to the property owners property. 

REI is not a risk free business and market changes can't always be predicted but that is what you are doing with a preferred return.

Flatter price curve than many markets, but more predictable.  

A very predictable outcome.So, I didn't find a mentor.

Market comps are something that I must get more familiar with so my returns can come close to the predictions.  

Also knowledge of growing and upcoming community building projects can help predict market trends for MHP increases.