I own and operate my own real estate porfolio, so I have sort of drunk my own Kool Aid =)  I enjoy real estate so much I am now considering expanding into other areas of investment, such as flips, and wholesaling.

BP has been an amazing aid with the books, webinars, podcasts and calculators!

We're trying to figure out what values to put on our properties in this financial aid application.

You'll take a tax hit when you do that, but it's like pulling off the band-aid.

As healthcare goes down he tubes, I am diversifying my income...I think.

I do know that Cleveland is enjoying an economic revival based on healthcare (Cleveland clinic regional hub), but long-term, I don't know what that will translate into population-wise. 

So i am Using the GI bill to pay for college, but I also got approved for $6,300 this year in financial aid (Pell Grant/Federal Supplement Grant).

This forum has many aids and ideas on how to manage while working a full time job... and in the end, it does not take that many hours.  

Summary:-The industry is saturated-Kool Aid claims are commonplace.  

I work full time in health care where i want to start building other forms of cash flow.