A lot of grasping at delusional straws occurred.MERS has long been attacked and has been found to be perfectly legal.....counties don’t like it because the whole purpose was to avoid paying mortgage assignment fees every time the mortgages were assigned/sold.

I am away from home a lot of the time and Katie works full time.Hopefully that painted a bit of a backround, and now I can be more specific on where we are at.We are going over different plans of attack, and looking at options, like paying off our current home (which we plan to keep and stay in, but we are always open to options).

I'm both a QI and an investor and I actually got my start as a QI by doing a 1031 and seeing what it did for me way back when indian attacks were more the norm than drive by shootings :)I've never regretted doing an exchange. 

I have no issue with vigorous debate, but don't appreciate personal attacks, something I don't believe has happened here.

The deals I am considering will meet a 2%-3% rule.I have three plans of attack I would like feedback on:Purchase 2 duplex's cash that will generate over 2,000 a month in gross rents, get property management in place and see how it goes.

Or what is the best way to attack this? 

Knowing what you experienced investors know now, given the current housing, and economy situation, how would you attack if you were us?

Manufacturing was under attack in the US by Free Trade(which is good to a degree).

and Friend B has a heart attack with the lost revenue.  

Also for you newbies out there, you better attack this problem two fold.....find ways to force increase income and find ways to decrease expenses.