I currently work as a Physician Assistant in an orthopedic surgery practice in Grants Pass, Oregon.I am interested in buy-and-hold rentals.

I certainly agree that this isn't brain surgery, but you do need to understand the basics of the business (I think that's what Jeff and I were both saying).What I meant is that no-one cares if you have a NR education or a Carleton Sheets education or a BiggerPockets education or a Harvard education when you run your own business.

Copper or pex (red, white, or blue plastic) should be OK.

Someone broke off the plastic over flow on the bath tub on their way out the door.

Plastic or fiberglass are nothing but trouble.As to flooring, hardwood looks great, an certainly adds value, but it's big bucks to get it looking good after a tenant trashes it.

This ain't freakin' brain surgery!

I just had a freakish weekend showing a house--the first applicant was a very attractive woman who worked for a cosmetic Surgery clinic -- she had obviously taken advantage of the employee discount--she had a very nice look and way about her- & her children were nice too--she was evasive about her credit -she said it wasn't "too good"----upon getting the screening back,the records showed she had undisclosed bankruptcy, recent eviction--she said that was her sister's eviction-- it was" just in her name", the LL name she gave me was not the property owner listed on the county records--"she said that was because of a divorce and he was hiding from his wife", the child support financial records to support her income I asked her to provide "couldn't be faxed because something was wrong with the fax machine at the clinic", and she had 30 recent collections as well as 4 new court judgements-- these were" just loans and things, so how does that affect me renting your house?"

Here have this piece of plastic that will let you get whatever you want.

I am far from a book and tape junkie, and if anything I think most of the real estate investing courses sold out there aren't worth the paper or plastic that they are printed on.Now, here is my analysis of Rapid Flip USA.

Just the threat of them getting thrown off their little plastic throne is sometimes enough to bring them back down to Earth.