Hi,I'm a new member from Texas who is currently employed in the energy industry.

They have the money, but don't have the time and energy to waste.  

About MySelfI am a young and an ambitious real estate investor.I am a born and raised Calgary, Canada, but now living in Guadalajara, Mexico.I did my undergraduate degree in Economics and Sociology.

An Applied Business Economics course 8.

But if you go that route, then you are negating so much of what makes investing in real estate profitable, and at that rate, why not just invest in some high dividend energy stocks and be done with it? 

So to break down the numbers in one line, from the Census Bureau link, the City of South Bend has a population of 101,516, a total of 46,324 housing units (as of the year 2010) of which 18,530 are rentals with a median gross rent of $711.00.As far as the economic profile, since all those tenants need a job so that they can pay the rent :) here is a cut and paste summary of the area by the St.

I specialize in healthy, energy efficient homes.

That means that values may go flat here in Tampa where we lost up to 60% of property value during the 2008 to 2010 Economic Collapse.

Lastly, I am well aware of how important ones time and energy is.

Matt laid out the costs and expectations for you, so it will come down to how much time, energy, and resources you'll have for your real estate job.