At the same time though, I have to realize that I work way too much, and really don't feel comfortable making any type of transition into more "active" real estate investing... at least for the nest 5 years or so.I haven't been talked out of turnkey...

This is a transitional moment as we start rolling out the new B-C multis, finding the right tenants will be critical.

Most states have statute on the circumstances that allow "transient guests" to transition to legal "long-term tenants."

But the new tenants were willing to wait & the transition was great.In the days of our 'rent to owns' we would do the same & schedule an open house as soon as we got notice of them vacating & we never had any problems.However, last year we did have one very difficult, miserable, stubborn, mean, impossible woman who would not comply.

Everyone knows it, since the city has invested in both river front improvements and it's the closest east side zip to downtown hipster activity (6th Street, etc).Frankly, the whole east side is in transition from what was highly ethnic/lower income in years past to a vibrant, "hot" address for techies, DINKs, singles and those urbanites who want to be near the arts, jobs and "scene" that Austin is famous for.

That house has given us an opportunity to get some rehab experience and we have started building relationships with a really good electrician and a couple of other handyman types.From what I have seen on BP I should be looking to get involved with a local REI club to start building relationships but I have not been able to find anything around here.Hoping someone with local knowledge on BP can steer me in the right direction for attending some central california meet ups.My goal to build a stable quality REI business over the next few years and eventually transition into this full time.Glad to 'meet' everyone and I promise to stop lurking and get more involved on the BP site.

Looking to make my transition into investing from there.Good luck on your contractor search and in your investing journey!

I want to transition some junker apartments like Filipe and then refinance and pull out funds then rinse and repeat until I grow my empire ;-)

The apron is the transition between the roadway and the driveway, and is usually thicker than the driveway itself (hence why it costs more).Here's a pic I swiped off Google:

Real Estate seemed liked a good transition for me since I became familier with it back in 1996 by doing skip traces for several Real Estate Companies in Atlanta, Ga.