I have know some folks to cheat the system, and that boils my blood, but those who are doing the right thing have the Soldier and Sailor Act to fall back on preventing landlords to take advantage of them.

You have to pick a job that will pay your bills for the time invested and simultaneously it has to be something that you will enjoy doing.Can you handle blood (I can't), are you handy, are you technically inclined?

Hi @Daniel Gabler,If you're new, your first move should either be within a 2 hour drive of where you live/work, OR if out of state then within 30 minutes or so of blood relatives that you are in frequent contact with.Rules and GRMs and all that move the needle very little compared to the cost of an abusive/negligent OOS prop manager, an eviction, or anything similar to that. 

We are moving back into the house this summer, as we love the area so much, and know I am committing a cardinal sin here, and are emotionally attached to the house.There was a lot of blood, sweat, and a few tears, involved in that house.

I'm not happy with my typical 9-5 routine, traveling (for work) for weeks if not months at a time, and more than anything how little there is to show for all the hard work I'm doing to make other people money.In many respects REI is in my blood - my grandfather, uncle, and cousin have all made sizable fortunes through REI but unfortunately I haven't gotten the bug until now.

Russ Whitney used to have a group in circulation doing a lot of the same stuff.

From now on its all about marketing sales and more marketing and more sales training... you have to circulate to percolate in the belly to belly business that RE sales are.don't hide behind text messages  e mails and the like..

Trying to squeeze blood from a stone here...

I've ramped up efforts to buy more lots, but it's blood sport to get the right dirt, at the right place, at the right price. 

I don't want there to be any bad blood.