If I can go down there 3 to 4 times a year and get even close to breaking even, then I am ahead. 

And that is exactly why BP has been tremendously helpful, and i would like to go ahead and ask one little favour: I would like to purchase buy and hold properties with a positive cash flow and would like to invest out of state(given the high prices here in CA).

The real estate melt-down in 2008-2009 necessitated my unretirement...After looking for some other way to rebuild my retirement portfolio I have circled back to real estate as my vehicle of choice.

The real estate melt-down in 2008-2009 necessitated my unretirement...After looking for some other way to rebuild my retirement portfolio I have circled back to real estate as my vehicle of choice.

These appraisals should reveal both an opinion of value, and let you know ahead of time if you will have issues selling and/or refinancing them.

You are going to pay an extra 3.9% on investments outside of tax-sheltered vehicles (since Obama now considers you rich).Unfortunately, there's no way for real estate to lower your taxes.  

There are a lot of things to consider so whenever you want to simply talk ahead of time about options let me know. 

Then he said to go ahead and RE rent it to other tenants for a profit. 

Definitely go ahead with the background check (plus refs form the previous landlord).  

Now we are looking to expand our business so we can have more time flexibility for what ever lies ahead.