Anybody who has strengths complementary to my weaknesses and vice versa who is looking to work together for mutual benefit.

So you can't exchange your personal residence for investment property or vice versa (there's other more advantageous rules for that) but you can exchange any kind of investment real estate for any other kind.  

Another good tip I recently heard is get a student in each resident to be almost your assistant or house captain (they will essentially be your spy haha) and report to you on conditions often (maybe offer them a small rent reduction?)

So I could care less if the house is selling for $10k and needs $50k in repairs, or vice versa.

Or vice-versa, do you feel that it gives you an edge being a realtor who also invests in RE?

Any items on the list not done by the end of the week, I would owe $100 and vice versa.

Best methods I've found to do that is to use an awl and place it through the staple and pry up (but often the crown will shear) and/or a good pair of vice grips with a radius upper jaw... clamp onto the staple and roll back onto the radius jaw.  

We have some neat sports folks in REI and on BP (Chad Carson, former Clemson Football Captain, just one example)...You may have some of the most recent national DI creds, though, with your recent college world series experience as starting 2nd baseman...I read this inspiring story and think you will be successful no matter what: http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2014-06-...Even when you get off the sports field, there are lots of great lessons for business (I did an nice interview with Chad, above, in my blog on his insights on team work, etc)..I did the Friday Night Lights thing (in the Odessa Permian/Mojo heyday, 1991 16-0, we won state game champ vs future NFL leading rusher....) and what I tell my students is after awhile, it may be just you and maybe some teammates and die hard fans who remember what you did on the field, but you keep those memories alive in your head--but that is enough, and it is like rocket fuel for your trajectory in other fields... so you have new highlight films ahead.

The former book gave me three sentences and, I personally feel, could be summed up thusly: Make money work for you (not vice versa), Fear holds you back (learn to control it and act), Educate yourself continuously and find experts to learn from (failure is a form of learning).As someone spending money on investment books and real estate, I feel like I must have missed the point of Rich Dad Poor Dad because it seems to me to have basically boiled down to a pre-game pep talk from coach letting you know that you can do it if you try.

But better to see it won't work now before signing the paperwork vice later on when you've got no other options.