One part of me  wants to give people a chance, but the other part of me can only imagine the worst, and foresee other tenants moving out after finding out their neighbor previously served time for stealing an airplane while assaulting people with explosives and stolen guns.

So far so good on that...This year we purchased our next home, which is our primary residence on the Cape.We both work 9-5 jobs but recently, I've been contemplating getting back in to real estate investing so we can transition out of our full-time jobs to pursue other interests and to gain more financial freedom.

I suspect some of this thinking is spurred on by Thanksgiving contemplation and beginning work on my BP blog (see link below).When I started investing in real estate I had a dream of wealth and the certainty that property evokes.Starting out with only student debt to my name, building wealth has always been important to me.Today that dream is still intact but added to it is a passion for serving others.Helping others make a home and providing for my family at the same time has largely replaced my more vague ambition for wealth.I enjoy being a provider of the roof over the head of my tenant.Being my tenant's keeper.It offers purpose, and one that feels wholesome.Why do you invest in real estate?

I have 3 scenarios I'm contemplating.

Are you contemplating buying a strip center and wondering how the lease up will occur??  

My purchase deal is scheduled to close in a couple weeks and I am contemplating how to best flip the lot.I am buying it for $13,500 (paying $10k cash to seller + paid seller's back taxes and court costs) to prevent it from going to Constable's tax auction. 

I see myself on that path and I will remember your story as I contemplate scale of project.

Then you could have a financing agreement.The $700 can be an issue as a payment over the entire term contemplated, intended, so again, have your attorney to review that matter with an opinion.

However, now after much contemplation and speaking to my uncle who is very Successful in RE, i am considering getting my Brokers License as a way to Upgrade my game.

However, now after much contemplation and speaking to my uncle who is very Successful in RE, i am considering getting my Brokers License as a way to Upgrade my game.