It’s great to hear you stuck to your plan and still came out ahead, even with a few bumps along the way.

So, it is something to be wary of with the liklihood of choppy financial waters ahead. 4.

You will start to see people that are a few steps ahead of you in life and investing and can see 1st hand the results. 

This isn't to discourage you but to prepare you for the journey ahead.

Since I undertake a number of projects with passive partners who maintain ownership interest in the LLC, I often have to negotiate this with the banks ahead of time as I customarily solely guarantee the debt and that's my LP's expectation.

Visiting over Xmas with family.  

Every property up for consideration gets a visit.

Thank you in advance and happy holidays to everyone.Denise Most of our out of state investors that work with our team start by evaluating different places and then plan a visit to check out the area.

Need to be sure you include the "unknown budget" and never take the optimistic approach as it is better to have money left at the end than writing more and more checks that were unplanned for.Again, if you can walk through an actual property and compare notes with someone that does it in your area (key factor), you will be way ahead of what a generic book can give you.

Not that I plan to live in or even visit the US anytime soon, but I don't want to deal with winter-related issues like heating, de-winterizing a home etc.