Also, any meetups on the horizon?

I wanted this to expand my horizons, and it did.

While reviewing the forum discussions, see if you can sharpen your investment objective: narrow the geographic location, decide how much money you have (and want ) to invest, think about your time horizon, the type of investment (SFH vs a condo) etc.

An article in Science Daily about a solution to bedbugs that looks to be coming in the next year. Interesting article.Putting Bedbugs to Bed Forever - Simon Fraser University

Perhaps on a risk adjusted basis, and given the EU economic woes, investors are fine with accepting lower yields in exchange for breaking even on cash flows and some appreciation on the back end over a mid to long term investing horizon.

The traffic is way too low to get any national credit tenants, and with a recession looming on the horizon, retail spaces with mom and pop tenants are the first to go vacant, and they stay that way for a long time.Another negative is the cost to re-tenant.

I will be turning 49 in six months so I can definitely feel the big 5-0 looming on the horizon.

Of course if I can lock up a deal or two, I plan on reinvesting 25-30% of the capital back into direct marketing.Timeline: I'm shooting for a 10 month time-horizon.

Also, you can re-read my post, as I mentioned the exact phrase that you said to me, ordinary and necessary.Again, this is to broaden Marie's horizons.

It keeps me focused on my goals while simultaneously broadening my horizons.