They cost 2 to 3K for movement and instillation.

Compare that to buying a stake in Tesla, and Elon decides to tweet about "420" and tanks his stock, or any other corporation that can have accounting fits any given year and your get massive stock movements.  

Would be neat if you could...Vets could could perpetually purchase, wait a year, then roll to LLC...in theory.

I will call them out again before next year to do the same just to take care of any further movement.

I thought the BiggerPockets team would be a good way to get exposed to real-life local investors that I could network with and gather real time movement in my market.

By the end of the first month we kind of had a fedex thing going. you dropped off your listing at a print shop we made a deal with and the next morning someone from your office would go there and get a copy of all the previous days listings if you were in the movement. 

I think the answer to that is - I got out of real estate ownership in Colorado and Florida at the wrong times (due to husband's job movements); I think I'd like to show my daughters and son that real estate investments can work. 

Your concerns are very valid and to me will perpetually be my two biggest worries. 1.)

Make sure you estimate the future value of the $20k minus taxes vs. the perpetual cash flow your will receive from the rental property.

You guys have all saw it before, a large developer comes into an area, purchased a large piece of land and before you know it, you have a Walmart, Target and a whole new slew of restaurants etc. My question is, how do...