I taught Principles of RE (along with FI, Econ and Ins) at the university, there were slight tangents to investing but that was not course material and years ago there wasn't a degree program then.

@Colleen F. I

I fi let it slide, I feel he will try this every month now.

Does the seller have to physically show up at settlement here in SC.? I

That may help some fi the margins above are the best you can find with product that is moving in your area.

While I generally have very few rentals at any given time, f I were doing the property management myself, I'm not sure I could go on vacation for 24 hours without putting my investments into jeopardy.I also agree wholeheartedly with Jake -- if you're saving $100/month by doing property management yourself, and if you spend 5 hours/month working on PM tasks that would otherwise be farmed out, you're essentially working a job at $20/hour by being the PM.

I spoke with a Texas attorney on this and he referred me to Chapter 180 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/FI/htm/FI.180.htm) of the Texas Finance code.

@Jill F. I

They cannot keep going up in a straight line.So many times they are correcting downwards erasing all divident gains.As for FI "funds", they go down with IR rates up.But Non-Traded REITs, or Funds, are basically portfolios of properties that are not being traded.If held till maturity, or till project end - most of the capital remains preserved.

For right now until we see how the next 1-2 years I am solely focused on seller fi and lease option transactions as @Stone Jin mentioned.