This is what stinks about contract for deeds in florida - you still need to foreclose on them and spend $5-$10k and wait about a year before you foreclose. 

I enjoy spending time out on the lake in Lawrence, spoiling my cavalier spaniel, and cheering on the Jayhawks.

Usually the main sticking point is spending more than half your working time in real estate related activities. 

But I'm trying to soak up as much info as I can :) Definitely planning on directly validating things myself too.Noted on the importance of boots on the ground, I will probably spend some time on my next few trips home to see family doing some networking to set myself up for success.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies that spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

The church wants to pay you directly so they can prove the money was used correctly and not squandered by the renter.I require tenants to qualify on their own before signing a lease.

I wasn't too keen on spending $35K on a program that I can't even try out but to each its own. 

Spend a couple hundred dollars and have an attorney draft a f*** off letter. 

With his logic, the landlord would spend money to re-pipe the building, add another meter, and he would pay $23/month to get a separate bill, instead of paying half of the landlord's bill which runs about $15/month.

The last thing you want to do is have a long work day and then have to spend some hours on your rental properties.Hopefully you make good money given your credentials, position and the firm you work for.I would try to make your real estate as passive as possible.Try to find a third-party firm that can do as much as possible for you.Maybe you can find the property and they can do everything else from managing the rehab, finding a tenant and managing the tenant.Best of luck.