The final two applicants were a guy who I enjoyed discussing music with and a much more qualified woman named Natalie who had recently relocated to Augusta.

My towns have restaurants, movie theaters, live music venues, concerts on the green, great schools, and more.

I created a "sacred space" as it were, with calming music, candlelight, hot tea, etc... and for 1hour/week I listened through 1CD.

I also am a huge podcast addict (also the name of my favorite podcatcher app). 1.5x speed, more info in less time except for music and motivational.80% is investing (BP, CFD, a few others that are just okay so far), 15% marketing (various), 5% music, motivation (Brendon Burchard), and personal interest.I'm going out on a limb here with this one, but I enjoy listening to Simon Black on Sovereign Man.

I think it will be a good solid long term property and it is a great location for me personally (5 minutes from my house, 15 minutes from where my kids attend school, and walking distance to my favorite Mexican restaurant).I have been able to trim operating expenses over $250 per month so far and think I'll potentially be able to trim them another $200 or so per month within the next month or so.

Of course, being near Nashville is great for people who love a city with a unique identity, innovation and entrepreneurship, culture, music, food, art, nature, etc, etc.It's more challenging to find good deals in the city now, as it has been a really hot market, but there are still deals to be found a little farther out.Congrats on taking bold steps to improve your life!

What makes that scenario much less likely to happen today are the reluctance of the banks and lenders to leverage themselves that much, the forcing, by regulation, to prevent them from getting too leveraged, and the collapse of those toxic assets that used to be traded around like a game of musical chairs, with the value only set by whoever was dumb enough to pay it, in the hopes there would be a bigger fool down the road. 

My high school music teacher, Merlin Schneider, was from Wapello, IA.  

For example, if I have a commercial space that I would like to attract a music school, I will pay a virtual assistant to do market research and provide the names and emails of 40 local music schools. 

I agree with the other two New Mexicans.