But some areas around the globe are not in optimal shape.  

@Darrin Wesenberg  I ended up using Derek Grace from Golden Eye Home inspection.

I think property paying for itself is like magic golden code to financial freedom and Real-Estate success.

I live in Corcoran, and work in Golden Valley, so drive through MG every day. 

That does not necessarily help the seller, especially with low equity between 80 - 95% loan-to-value.Buying on subject to or buying on a wrap get you title, and then you can exit on a lease to own or cash.If you licensed, and in Ohio, California, and Florida, I highly recommend your licensed;  real estate commissions in those states will allow you to act as a principal, and as long as your licensed, present creative solutions to sellers.If you're in Texas, I highly recommend you read every post by @John Jacksonson, he was a student of mine 2002, and is nobody better in Texas for lease options, and doing lease option assignments.Coaching can get you into action without thinking too much, without paralyzing yourself, and can give you a sounding board about your presentations and how to improve them.Coaching can help you be more brave and more courageous about prospecting for sellers, knowing that you have someone to talk to about deals.Coaching can help you face the fear and do it anyway.I coach for 12 months each student, and I think this spring is a golden opportunity to give sellers a cash offer and a terms offer and have them pick one.Is expensive to hire coach?

Long-term goal have a multiple streams of positive cash flow for my retirement, so I can enjoy traveling with my wife in our golden years.

The old White Flint Mall stomping grounds will probably be the same, once their century long pissing match with Lord & Taylor is figured out for good.As I said in another post (and some got butthurt cause it’s the truth) Bethesda’s golden years for retail investment purposes are gone for the most part.The opportunities will probably be more towards Silver Spring, Bowie, etc.

But, are there truly ANY Golden Rules in REI?

The inner city is toxic and Lee-Ann Avalos is golden,got it!

Occasionally you'll run into one that continues to appreciate like a goose laying golden equity eggs.