Alternatively, my BIL has "invested" in baseball cards.  

However, I'm out of my league here.

Other items, such as football equipment from the kids’ league, were destroyed in the flooding, he said.More leaks have come from the plumbing between his first and second floors, prompting him to leave his light fixtures hanging unmounted from their wires so they don’t fill with water, he said.Clusters of dead insects cling to one section of his ceiling.

The trackball is for arcade games like Golden Tee, bowling games, baseball games, etc.

I think real estate investors in the game just become confident as to handle new challenges and they call that being experienced - Just like parenting: you think you are experienced with changing diapers, but the child is growing-kindergaten-grade one-baseball/soccer- soon teenage and the jazz goes on - grandparent

I think the threat of lawsuits, and perhaps the realization that they're out of their league, is starting to hit home.

I also have a degree in mathematics from an Ivy League college and I'm smarter than I sound or look, so I apologize if I threw you off with the word cute.

Thanks for the link - looks like a great property and I'm a sucker for properties located near baseball and football stadiums ;-)That being said, I assume you've only looked at doing this as a long-term rental?

It’s like trading baseball cards back in middle school.. you get the shiny new card you’ve had your eye on, and you don’t pay a dime until you finally decide to sell and pocket the profits.

Not even Ivy League master programs in real estate provide the representations and guarantees these mentorship programs provide.