I returned to the phone company in Inndianpolis in 2014, retired in mid-2015 (I decided I no longer wanted to be climbing poles in -25 degrees!).

I would go back and look at the sales price on the subject over the last 20 years as I am reaching here but may be the same as the rents have gone down in the downturn and not climbed back up too much.

Vacant properties (drive for dollars)12. absentee owners 3-5 years owned (most landlords sale after the first 2 years, and with prices climbing its a perfect list)13. inherited properties: some states do not require heirs to go through probate if the will was recorded prior to death. these properties are sold through under a special deed14.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

The HELOC that I am looking at is fixed for ten years, and when I checked a month ago the rates were 4.25% (I'm guessing rates climbed a little since then.)

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

But for me, the idea of a different assignment every 3 or 4 months, climbing the corporate latter, and kissing everyone’s butt wasn’t appealing.

I don't know how the mortgages work over there but a 2 year loan you could get hit with a refi bomb where the rate climbs up and you do not have the excess in rental rates rising fast enough to cover the spread.