Lots of good comments about how to properly secure your property and manage contractors.My cost effectective way to detour burglars would be to buy some security signs on ebay for a securtiy company (e.g.

i always do research on why they bid zero, sometimes it's a relative's house . . . many mining claims went to zero one year i went, other years no one bought mining claims, guess 1600/oz gold is an incentive, many I see mining claims sell well on ebay.

I like "cockroaches of the real estate business,"Its very true , the small operators who have been at it a while who have managed their dept or have no debt on their rentals will survive and prosper

You can make a home anywhere, but putting your equity to use and controlled outside of the house is the better play to generate economic prosperity.

I downsized and sold a lot of stuff on ebay, I even went to yard sales and sold some of the stuff I was able to acquire cheap.

I'm leaning towards Sam's RE Club, and Prosperity Through Real Estate.

You're comparing a college degree to a mentoring program, and with all due respect to the academia world - they don't make people prosperous, they just train them to get a JOB.  

I know he'll overcome it and that we'll work through it so that we both prosper but I have already made provisions so that I can't be held hostage going forward.

One market may prosper while another suffers.

Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone!