I still remain interested in fix and flipping, but my ultimate goal is more rooted in long-term buy and holds, likely via small multi family units.  

If you don't know what you'd like 5 years out then people are going to be proposing a lot of possibilities that won't have ground to take root in.The fact also stands that, without W-2 income, financing can be very hard without a lot of cash or a proven track record in real estate.

No more tenants at my home.However the root cause of your problem is you have given your tenant permission to pay rent late if they choose.

I just feel strongly that we have choices in how we interact with other people - we can either be their cheerleader and root for their success, or we can be annoyed at new people entering our space and be sarcastic and discouraging.

I like the job and plan to be here for a while so I’ve decided to put down roots.

However, my root is here and my plan is to keep at least 1 local unit as a hedge on future house price in the local area, for myself and my kids.

He can have a camera run down the line to see exactly where the problem is, and if there is a consistent buildup, or a root problem, he should run a cutter blade down the line all the way to the street or septic tank to open it properly.

A great article... thanks Dan.It sure does fill in some of the gaps, since the "mainstream media" is telling us NOTHING.I particularly liked these two paragraphs:"What terrifies me … what wakes me in a cold sweat … is that the single most corrupt, inefficient, incompetent and idiotic institution on face of the planet is now trying to “fix†the problem.And that especially frightens me because, the closer I examine the roots of this crisis, the clearer it becomes that it was engineered almost entirely by the very bumbling buffoons who are now charged with ending it: The U.S. government."

Its more just the lesser of two evils.We need to get back to the roots of what made this country great....but we are so far from them now it's as if the roots are totally decayed and the tree is going to fall.Its really just a cycle of the world.

It is nothing more than irresponsible behavior from an investor who wants a handout, nothing more, and I think it is the root of the problem here in the US.