This has been a learning experience and this isnt for the faint at heart.

I just wish to say hi, and to let everyone know that I am the owner of a business in the heart of Texas just South of Dallas, that provides abstracts of title for real estate.

Real estate is not for the weak at heart.

It`s a beautiful snow-stormy morning here on LI -beautiful because I get the day off from work with pay :D I`m in a 100% totally unrelated(to RE) line of work, but have always beenthe entrepeneurial sort at heart.

My heart sank at first, till I walked downstairs and remembered the whole house was CPVC. :-) I'm thinking of making signs and putting them on doors, "CPVC Plumbing in this house.

God has really been putting this on our hearts.

If the houses are in a heavy crime block; you will find a motivated seller who wants to get out fast now there are areas like the Hyde Park area where you want to be as that is right in the heart of the new government facility that they start construction on and in time you will see the property  taxes increase which will bring values up and drive the crowd out.

Reassess this number every five years based on the performance of the property and the amount of debt left on the property.If you do this properly, all your surprises will be good ones.If, on the other hand, you are speculating in zero-cash-flow properties that you believe in your heart of hearts will appreciate and make you rich, I wouldn't feel confident saying that you are investing in real estate with FI as a goal.

At the same time, you can have a heart.

What I meant by 'style needs to fit the market' in relation to the house that we rent, goes something like this.Our house is a mid-century home in the heart of the city.