A C- property in a major metropolitan city where you can evict and replace tenants a little easier than you can in remote Iowa makes a difference.

I believe the trick to getting a good response is not being fancy, but is being as personable as you can in your message...

I finally figured out what happened....Our wonderful Gov Charlie Crist has a great idea to cut our property taxes and try to get the local governments to cut the fat and run efficiently.

Thank you for the link.I think now may be a time to tread cautiously and only swing at the really "fat pitches".  

#1  cash out at peak of the market... buy/hold forever is not a good strategy (at least not for some properties)#2  cut out the fat (poorly performing properties or properties with very low appreciation potential)#3  Get cash heavy to invest in other areas and other markets (switching markets, leaving texas and focusing on atlanta).  

Spending any time you can in the field, even as an unpaid intern, would be so valuable. 

The property is among 20 plus other 4 plex buildings, kind of like a town house community.The problem is that the price is high and there is a really fat HOA fee for the building that I can't get out of, making the numbers tight. 

It's not popular advice these days where everyone seems to want to quit their jobs ASAP to live the 4-hour workweek, but really the fastest way to grow your income and investable capital (the building blocks of wealth and passive income) in your 20s is to make as much money as you can in your career.And by "career" I mean any endeavor where you make money for providing a valuable service.

You can in fact trade several for one and vise verse so long as the sale proceeds do not exceed the purchase price(s).

Ultimately, I would like to be able to reduce/eliminate the need for "full-time" employment for both my wife and myself.I am currently educating myself by reading as much as I can in preparation for "diving in."