I have been fascinated with real estate for a minute now and it's been joyful educational ride so far.

Some may be fully rehabbed by those that are in the business of buying and rehabbing homes were many investors buy these as well as a sprinkling of homeowners.. no mystery too it.if they are sending you properties that they personally owned or are owned by the Holton company and they are fully rehabbed and they are going to manage then that would be coined a turnkey operation.its my understanding they don't do that so I really don't know though.. maybe they have morphed into buying their own listings.

I have invested here since 2017 and continue to ride this market.

I am excited for the next one: I'll be in Patagonia most of January on hopefully an epic ride of 3000 back country miles on a motorcycle.

It's not for everyone, but I like the ability to ride someone else's coattails so that I can focus on my day job and earn more money to invest. 

It's been a fun and wild ride :)

AOLs are just starting to be used more, if we never did anything that didn't have a large body of law behind it, we'd still be riding horses.

There were enough moments when I wished I could have been local even then, and "local" took a 20 hour plane ride. 

Also, I see that you're in Columbia, but if you feel like making the ride down to Charleston, REI Central is tomorrow night and would be well worth your time.

Ride out the W-2 a few more years and acquire as much real estate as you can.