I aim to be a missionary to the real estate world by conducting my practices ethically and striving to earnestly solve peoples problems in a mutually beneficial manner.The Bible doesn't teach money is anymore evil than a carrot.

But what I studied helps me, be a good quantative analyst, assess risk and strive for better investment management.

How is this because I have been lucky for one and that I strive to be the best at whatever I do.

Many of them will be able to provide you with the advice you need to strive in your REI!

So, I strive to prove productive return and profitability with my initial flips, and establish relationships with private-lenders. 

Let me go ahead and re-phrase your initial response for you, so that you can get a better idea of the type of community that BiggerPockets strives to be:"In my experience, tenants will do what they are trained to do.

Specifically I am immersing myself wither literature pertaining to buy and hold and am striving to avoid analysis paralysis by offering soon on a property I have had my eye on and jumping in to the the business of having tenants.   

Of course, we always strive for- at minimum - capital preservation, but any substantial appreciation cannot be reliabily predicted in any neighborhood, so it helps to focus on the factors you can get a clear handle on up front.Regarding areas with solid B potential -  Pinson/Trussville are a little more rural but people in AL tend to like being outside the city, so you'll still have plenty of renters.

I am continually striving to become better educated about real estate and investments, so when an associate told me about this site I was thrilled!

If you have 3.5 million in net worth you likely are the ULTRA rich top 1%...We all strive for that, but you can't say the spending of a millionaire lifestyle is middle class...Someone living a nice life in an average house, eating out once a week at a budget restaurant can live comfortably on 30k a year.