For me I have burned a lot of time before I realized that I have been delaying the inevitable.

Burned a lot of time on the web trying to figure this one out on my own!

It just burns me up to have money sitting in mutual funds going nowhere right now and I'm feeling pressure in my 40's to get my financial situation in a better place.Anyone have any words of encouragement or caution?

Fireplace mantel (right now we have a brick face wood burning fireplace)4.

It seems like if the building burned down I could demo and rebuild a new building on it for less than half of that 1 million amount.Thanks a ton for your answers already, hopefully I will have a property under contract that I need to speak with you about in the near future :)

I just purchased Brandon Turner's book on rental investing and have been listening to the audio book through my chrome book at home.

This post is purely for ***** and giggles to break up the monotony before I burn out.

I like creative financing with a project like this where you can't get burned.

Property burns down, check goes to them/their bank. 2.  

Well drafted agreements can make sure you don't get burned.