I haven't seen "self-contained" communities, i.e. communities where most of the jobs are local to the community, e.g. teachers in local schools, workers in local restaurants, etc. ever "boom".  

The material they cover may not be what you are focusing on but if you send questions to the teacher they usually try to cover it during the next days webex.

I am currently a graphic design teacher, graphic design freelancer, and newly licensed real estate agent.

I need to come up with a good strategy for tying up this property while managing holding costs & risk (both the risk that market shifts drastically and the risk that I lose the seller)CONTEXT: I'm an investor in Bergen County, NJ - my direct mail turned up an owner who plans to move out of state at the end of the school year (she's a teacher retiring).

No small freelancing tasks, but rather creating streams of income, solid business models, that can grow in the future.I am thinking of a marketing firm, developing apps, becoming a property manager, being a teacher on the weekends.Any feedback is great!

I love teachers!).

I'm going to be a teacher by next year in the SA area.

All of these can be found on Trulia.There's so much more that you will learn over time, but just getting involved with someone and doing it yourself will be your best teacher.

It would be great to meet for lunch on a Saturday sometime.Bleu, you don't happen to be the art teacher at MHS, do you? 

A little bit about my search.BRRRR looking for maximum value addPre-approved for 185k hard money loan (although, from what I see I'll be able to get my feet wet for much less)Quality tenants are my biggest concern(looking in "B" neighborhoods, think nurses teacher working professionals etc)Will be OOS and using PMI'm happy to discuss my situation in more detail.