Quote from @Mahmoud Jabari: What useful information do you glean from the population growth of the entire country?

etc. but we are here to learn and glean and grow!

It's true, I am a complete lay person when it comes to real estate investing.Plan is, start asking lots questions now, and gleaning all the info I can until I have the cash to buy which would not be until this coming summer, maybe even fall.I don't want the investment to become a hardship if it fails or has more hiccups than anticipated.

I am a 34 year old Air Force veteran (2W0) and am currently residing in upstate NY near FT Drum.My REI goals are: short-term -> Learn as much as possible and close on first deal by the end of the year mid-term -> $10k/mo positive cash flow within 10 years long-term -> Maintain a sustainable growth investment portfolioMy preferred strategy is SFR/MFR Buy and Hold.I look forward to learning more from each of you as time goes on and hopefully will be able to glean enough to start successfully investing in the near future.

I glean from the community of optimism the following: 1.How much more can stocks decline?

IF they clean at all, they do not use the proper gleaning agents and scrubbers, and end up damaging the surfaces of these surrounds, which causes their appearance to rapidly degrade.

I think it doesn't really matter what the cost if there is any amount of nuggets I can glean in 3 days instead of 18-24 months I can deal with that.

I've been lurking for a while and finally pulled the trigger thanks in large to the information gleaned from individuals here on BP.  

In that you may be able to glean some sort of nugget of info as to why a knock at the door scared this lady. 

You may already be aware of this, but it was news to me so I'm sharing:Apparently, the latest real estate scam on CL is where the scammer gleans your info from CL, or I suppose they could from any source on the internet (realtor.com, etc.) and post the info as their own.For example: you place a house for sale.