It's an art, not a science by the way.

@Duncan Taylor I think it's possible for a fictional book to teach something, I just found this book to be mostly rah, rah real estate, go get 'em.

Follow demographics.Longterm means growth and growth means immigration and birthrate.Too often investors make decisions based on today's numbers instead of future projections.It is not rocket science the births have already happened you get a 20 year lead up before they become renters you need to find the markets that are landlord-friendly, the population is booming, and doesn't have risky cycles like hurricanes.I am very conservative on my investments and I because of that I have been able to get huge rents and cashflow that would be hard to beat.

With your incredible track record of five star reviews you certainly have that down to a science. 

Wondering what others with experience in the Smokies consider "healthy" occupancy rates.I heard on a YouTube video recently that for a market with around 30 day avg. lead time (I think Smokies is about 28), a healthy calendar is booked:7 days: 100%14 Days: 75%30 Days: 50%60 Days: 32%Obviously its not an exact science but curious how others with experience feel about these numbers.

Previously I didn't agree with the idea of paying kids to read non-fiction; but looking back at my teen years and how much fiction I read...I'm all for it with my kids.

Coming from someone who questioned the education system several times during undergraduate and was pursing a computer science degree.

If there was an exact science behind it we would know it by now.

What to extract from a credit report is part art and part science; if you just get a FICO (or other branded model of) credit score, you don't get to see the details that matter.

But an excellent introduction to important topics, by someone who has actually done this, and without the fantasy nonsense you see in fictional books like Rich Dad, Poor Dad.Learning real estate investing from Robert Kiyosaki is like learning to be a special forces operator by reading Tom Clancy novels.