Watching your net worth grow is a critical and motivating aspect of your investment program.It's also valuable to continually re-comp (re-value) your properties, not only to compute an accurate net worth, but to optimize decision making in determining which properties to sell for gains, which to dump if trends are moving the wrong way, which to keep for best rental return and cash flow maximization, etc.You should compute your current returns (ROI, etc.) on a property using current market value, not historical cost, so that you recognize "opportunity cost" of continuing to hold an appreciated property, for instance.

I think any good business person knows that cash sitting in the bank is not earning them the optimal return.

Without more facts it is impossible to say whether bankruptcy would be optimal.

Your mother's money will not be doing any work for her and will be unnecessarily tied into a sub-optimal investment. 8-12% income returns are unrealistic as you can not count on that consistently.

Hi @Richard V.My two cents - if you have started investing and you are comfortable building a team of people that you are comfortable with taking care of the project then you have a good chance to earn good returns remotely, however, I have seen that when people purchase their first property within driving distance of their primary residence then you will be able to learn how to build a team and optimize your property, which will make you more comfortable and willing to take on properties in farther locations over time.  

For tracking test performance on your site, you can use content experiments with Google Analytics, or you could opt for something more user friendly like Optimizely, etc.

Focusing on records with RE associated saves mailings cost and optimizes time/effort.c.

There is a TON of information on BP about website creation...optimization...lead capture...you name it!

Search Engine Optimization.

Here are some notes I have on following up leads and optimizing social media to your advantage.