Buying apartment buildings is a lot like buying shoes.

@Mike M   Good points.. but its not one shoe fits all just like managing your own or hiring PM.I bought a MH park in Vancouver a few years ago... 44 spaces 7 figure purchase. the property had been self managed for the entire 25 years these folks owned it..

Jay Hill,The best way to negotiate is by first “walking in the other’s shoes”.

I have a full time employee at my nutrition store so thats not going to be an issue. oh yah btw my goals are to be finacially free so i can spend time with my amazing wife and raise a Godly family who serves the Lord. i want to be able to have the freedom to travel and hopefully one day start my own church....heres the deal...my soon to be brother in law thinks much like i do and is already starting to get his feet wet in this business. he is 24 as well. he made me an offer that if i came on board with him he would teach me the business and introduce me to his investors, ect. he said i could go find properties that i wanted to purchase and use the investors money and that we could rent the houses out and i would make 1/3 of the rent we profited each month plus 1/3 of the profit once we sell the home. i basically have no risk and need to cash of my own. sounds like a good to me and i can gain some awesome experience for bigger ventures down the road. i wanted to get any advice or input from you guys on to what you guys would do if you were in my shoes. i am very teachable and would love for someone to mentor me on here. thanks ahead of time-jeremy

Many cultures have a similar saying, paraphrased it goes something like this, "Until you have walked in my shoes, don't tell me how to live."

Something that is not taught in school is common sense, hustle, wake up with your shoes on and manage your emotions.  

If you can't advertise a property, advertise your exceptional representation and services.I'm not your age, I'm old school, so my experience in this area may not fit with your age group, but I can guarantee that wearing out a pair of shoes works better than any site promoting yourself. 100 hits on a site in one day won't yield the same information or intelligence or prospects that 25 face to face meetings will yield. :)

It cuts back on the marking with pee inside and shoes that the pet owners are at least responsible enough to have had their pets spayed or neutered.Sorry that you are going through this.

If you do not pay when the balloon is due, then they can foreclose and they will have the property it back.As always, not official advice, just options that I would look into if I were in your shoes. 

It's amazing that BP allows a newbie like me to even make contact with you guys...Michael, hopefully I'll be in your shoes in a few years...Matt, I'm currently looking for the people with the experience and the money (it's harder than I thought it would be haha)TJ, I'd love to connect and see the script you guys used.