But I'm gonna push back on the  "taxachusetts" idea which is tired and not grounded in reality, especially when you think about the economic power of the state, the relatively decent infrastructure, high housing costs and  generally working public sector (I know, I know...but travel to some other places).

Welcome to the BP Raheem, I'm an investor in the commercial sector.

He also stated that the oil sector is adding jobs.  

Personally, if I was in your situations, the avenues I would look into would be trading real estate options, real estate or loans sales, finance, possibly wholesaling.... sectors that don't take a large amount of capital to start up and where the chance of incurring losses are lower. 

- and I hope I'm not breaking any rules here on the intro page, but I joined BP because I'm looking for discussions from other rental property owners who have had success greening up their properties and finding the market sector of green-minded tenant who would most appreciate our efforts.

Remember to plan some vacancy into your numbers.Remember that in any economic doom-saying RE will be impacted like many other sectors, but that is a result of something much larger, likely impacting jobs which has a direct impact on the availability of quality renters.We're actually in a housing shortage right now.

That dog can hunt in a couple of markets and sectors. 

@Elliott Bingham What sector of rei are you involved in?

We hope to eventually master the basics and turn our ideas into a sustainable business that will continue to grow into other markets and sectors like multi-family and even commercial.

The news yesterday regarding Lending Club will only accelerate the flight of capital away from the marketplace sector.