I started off driving tractors, breaking horses, stacking hay, jockeying, etc, went on to security guard, journeyman painter, oilfield and now law.

I wish investors would get past this "secrets" mentality already . . . in my opinion, it just doesn't hold water.Speaking of which: remember the famous saying, 'you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.'

A mini horse can be a service animal . 

In Spanish there is an old saying, translated: "Only the owner of a horse will make sure the horse is properly fed and cared-for"  ...

The question, is do you wait for a unicorn, or do you hop on the next horse?

The same will apply to other types of dangerous animals or farm animals, horses, etc. 

For the last several years, the Fed has put all the kings horses and all the kings men to the task of putting our humpty dumpty economy back together again ... try as they might, they can't seem to create moderate inflation like they want, and that was in "good" economic times.

You'll often have to haul garbage out of these properties, but hey, buy real estate at low cost is always your gain and someone else's loss and that almost always means you're dealing in human misery.Starting with a flip and going from there to buying rental properties is often putting the cart before the horse.

I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I would rather know from the outset.I have to insure I don't get a 14 thousand dollar bill after my rental is reduced to rubble.Just learning.

I'll beat a dead horse here, but IMO it depends on how much equity you have and your budget.