I'm sticking my business model in marketing myself as my normal profession as a cop, due the the know trust, morals and implied ethics instilled in us which isn't there with unknown investors.

Bravo that Scott, and also gleaned from Mike McLean's Section 8 Bible (so good Im tickled to parrot him) tell them you are the contractor and answering to the property owners.Puts you in a position to be the good guy and the nameless/faceless owner the bad guy when you have to instill hardened discipline.Also, gentle wisdom for the 20 somethings in this thread. . .

The roof looks new..Even if you have to put 5K in still good ROI...How quickly does a 2br rent in the area?

BRK has quite a few companies that it owns that depend on RRE.I think at this point in his life, Buffett views himself as a modern JP Morgan, who instilled public confidence and played a major role in stopping the Panic of 1907.

We really need to instill in the newbies that this takes a lot of hard work and just attaching yourself to some deal for a quick buck is not the way to build your reputation.

You can't instill in most of them any sence of loyalty unless you pay them well and regularly, they go wher the money is and lack responsibility.

In still others, you have until that afternoon to pay.

I am educating myself, researching, networking, and planning in hopes of being ready at the starting line when the government makes it all legal.I am here on BP because I am impressed with the philosophy Josh Dorkin has instilled in it.

@David Pere This is going to sound a little corny but I think what makes a lot of military real estate investors successful is the less tangible traits that the military instills in us.

Does this at all sound like in still on track or just chasing pie in the sky?