If you can afford to own basically anything for 10-20 years, you will be a happy camper with no skill or luck required.

Be patient, get some good feedback here but don't forget to assess your time, skills, money and temperament to factor into your decisions.  

Maybe you can use your skills to get it fully rented but the owner could just hire any property manager to do so without adding you as co-owner.

When my grandma became unable to live by herself, my sister and I moved her into a skilled nursing facility.  

Hi Larry - my tenant is at will.My VA skills are research, transcribing recorded conversations, copy writing and graphic arts.

I need someone skilled in understanding property investment as well as properly filing taxes for a small healthcare business. 

I really feel like my story just shows that you can do this coming from nothing; I don't think I had any special skills with RE (who else loses 100k to start?)

It's actually a disservice to the seller and poor negotiating skills of the listing company.These larger companies often have very large overhead costs and must keep transacting to survive.I run a different model at my firm.

IE wholesaling but that takes money and major sales skills.. and a market that has a lot of excess inventory and rental inventory.. it really depends on where your living and working.. all the guru training materials say just about the same thing there is nothing brand new .. just the same methods or schemes repackaged and regurgitated to enduce those who want it all now and are willing to pay for fast track.think MLM..

Again leveraging your PM skills and passion, you can partner with others to tackle multiple deals and be an active investor to support your living expenses today.