Currently, I have made my way through most of the BiggerPockets podcasts, I have read the Ultimate Beginner’s Guide and relevant links, and I have begun networking by joining a mastermind group, several members of which are involved in Real Estate Investing in the Denver area.

I have decided when I begun my adventure that I want to focus on buying and holding multifamily properties.I've been looking at the possibilities in Ireland and so far they don't look great.

More specifically and in short, I have begun data-basing and analyzing metrics for areas around the US with what I believe to be stable rental markets for buy and hold investments.As such, I would also be very interested to discuss this strategy from others in highly competitive markets.I look forward to being a more active member in the BP community and have found the resources here to be second to none!

They haven't begun enforcement, but over the past 12 months I have had to move my three vacation rentals into traditional long term rentals. 

Lastly, west Oakland has become a home for the upper middle class, as Googlers, finance workers, and other tech industry employees have begun moving into west Oakland.So what were the signs?

Ordered our kitchen today and the roof deck has begun... let there be light!

I have a lot to learn but have begun browsing properties throughout the southwest in NM, AZ, and CO.

I have begun a direct mail campaign and have gotten some calls.

Same cost as a stamp, so pretty easy sell.It's always a work in progress but some things I've begun working on: 1)ACH payments2) PM software; website, online applications, digital leases, maintenance requests through resident portal.

Research what happened during the President Carter days in the late 1970s to get an idea of potential inflation and the results.Probably more importantly, and it has already begun, the primary U.S. lender - by buying federal bonds - is already turning to other investments that offer greater security and returns.