Now, I wound up NOT going with these guys because they wanted $5 per hour for full time work.

Even with background checks my last few tenants have wound up being bums, though.

I think so many buyers are still licking their wounds from the last recession. 

It is calculations and adherence to a plan...and never quitting, lol.Thanks for baring your scar, and know you are among the wounded but not dead.

And not to rub any more sand in the wound, you state you cannot use the degree.  

While liens are a complex strategy and investment goals are different or changing, it doesn't hide the fact that someone relied on others to do the due diligence and wound up with a bunch of liens on properties (including vacant lots) in East St.

Now come August I currently have one unit, which my wife and I wound up moving into after the renters moved out because she is going back to college for a Nursing Masters degree.

I wound up deciding to stay local since I have built a pretty good network of investors over here, but South Florida is awesome! 

I know that I made mistakes that I can correct for the next time but I wound line to correct this one now.  

When I was a cabinet maker I wound up doing finish work frequently.