It's so much easier to learn your profession when you're guided by others with a lot more experience than you.

There are a few professions that pay – sure.

It would be nice to be able to check a handyman's (or other trade/profession) rating from other local investors.

Knowing deep end swimmers in my native profession, I have deep respect for anyone who has spent the time, devotion, self-education and friendships to do that.

I am a nurse by profession and I do not have any real estate experience at all.

It is lofty, but in my profession, that actually gives me approximately 18 mos.

The reason is instead of steady college degree type jobs the type of tenant is more unstable with income working 2 to 3 jobs or lower end professions etc.So I would ask what you goal is with this and how much time you have to invest in such a property??

Yellow letters are intended to convince a single family homeowner that you are interested in their house and took the time to hand-write them a letter professing your love for their place.How in the WORLD would that messaging translate to multi-family, where the owners are LANDLORDS and BUSINESS PEOPLE that are - i guarantee it - 100% WISE to the old yellow letter trick.If you want to be in a business, be a business person.

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Basically my family and I are taking a "gap year" to decide what to do in the future as far as our profession.