I'm really excited to be part of this group and learn from all of you.My mentor always said If you want to fly, hang out with eagles, not turkeys.I'm here to learn, network, and start building my own investment portfolio.

Good timber does not grow with ease, The stronger wind, the stronger trees--hang in there Joe.Good Luck!

I think it’s reasonable for tenant to pay deductible if it really was their fault, if that’s allowed by your policy, but seems weird to me that you could expect tenant to know hanging a picture in that one spot would cause a leak.

I've met Jim and Chris, both on informal basis's at the Haunted House which was a great fundraiser for Northwest Harvest and then as a guest at the suite for a Kraken Game (had my own tickets, just got a guest pass to the suite to hang out with my in laws). 

One thing that I noticed helps a lot of times is going to local networking events and hanging around like-minded individuals.

Walter White hanging out in the back yard.

This takes awhile, but in the long run you can get your job costs to brass tax and not have anyone else tell you anything different! 

Hang out in these forums and absorb all you can while realizing you are in an area that a lot of folks don't fully understand. 

So many people are living on their cards, hoping that something is going to happen where the cost of living gets lower, and trying to hang on.

And once you get the hang of it, it’s like riding a bike.