Do you have experience in other aspects of the REI world?

I figured since we're talking about psychology here, talking about role models would be an important aspect of psych.

What goes hand in hand with the mixed use approach (commercial and residential or low and moderate income) is that ther is alot of hand holding and education involved in many social aspects that flow through to housing issues.

Aside from the regret factor, one of the biggest mistakes I see made by many new investors (it is also the same mistake that many primary homeowners make) is not planning the financing aspect of their deal.

I might be wrong here (I'm also a Realtor so I get the exception already) but if you are actively involved in the management of your properties, defined by some level of effort maybe 500 hours a year, then you too are exempt from the passive losses limit--essentially because they are not passive, they are from something in which you are actively engaged.If you do your own property management, fix-it stuff, and finances, you are probably exempt from the $25,000 / yr limit.

This particular meeting invovled some Q&A on various aspects of real estate investing.

There seem to be quite a few mortgage pros here who can probably help you with the financial aspects.

Kenny - those classes will definately help you to learn the basics of real estate.

The market could definately turn, and people will be stuck with large mortgages.

I am looking for a software program that I can schedule an automated actions such as scheduling on a day/hour for it to merge mail a contact I pre-defined with a specified template.