Currently I work for an Airline as Administrator and am in-charge of company corporate & residential properties and expansion projects from which I am building a level of experience and understanding of the field.

We have done very well following the Southwest airlines model.

We have done very well following the Southwest airlines model.

Paul Airport, (as I'm an airline pilot and it would be good if it were relatively close to work) in generally safe areas, with good rental potential.

This the article I wrote about what I look for.http://www.reluctantlandlord.net/southwest-airline...We operate in two specific areas, Central Valley and Charleston.

@Jerry Poon I don't know how it will affect real estate, but I'm glad I'm glad we're not in the airline business!

Perhaps lower gas prices and more efficient vehicles will buffer this but I wonder what the effect of younger folks and families not having cars will have on travel destinations that are not airline or other transit accessible travel hubs.Specifically places like the upstate New York lake region, northern Michigan, smaller coastal towns in New England, and the Poconos in Pennsylvania.

"Fees and Commissions" are one of my 12 categories of income strategies for landlords.I particularly hate the luggage fees airlines charge.

Before singing anything I would highly recommend to visit down here and see it for your self what you are getting into.The Southwest Airline Hub is located right here, at BWI (Baltimore Airport) if you catch them on a good day you can fly here probably for about $200 round trip.     

@David KrulacI think true investjng is finding problems and offering solutions and making money using many creative tools.Low level Investing is paying retail, 20% down, non portfolio lenders, obeying conservative bankers, having no reserves puts panic in your lives and many sleepless nights.Gordon Gecko (Wall Street) could not buy Blue Star Airlines without his 72 million in poker chips so he could break it up and sell off the pieces.Gordon Gekko: "The most valuable commodity I know of is information."