My kid has about $8-900 (we have been saving every dollar he gets from birthday & christmas) I want to invest it in something but don't know where to start.I would like to invest and then leave alone and let it grow until he reaches a certain.

So here are pros and cons of managing yourself.Pros:  you keep all profits (except 3% to credit card company), get to know guests, create a rapport with regular guests, make it personalized and memorable for your guests (my housekeeping staff was great and would leave flowers for anniversaries and balloons for bdays)Cons: Phone calls late at night sometimes, dealing with guests who are nasty and ignore your rules (ie no pets/no smoking, but it's nice having damage waiver in place), trial and error finding right housekeeping/maintenance/HVAC/plumbing people.Going with a property management company pros and cons:Pros:  they deal with all the issues and reservations callsCons: they may not be as attentive to your property as you would be and don't follow through with rules of no pets/no smoking.

In fact, I'm usually able to get 10% more rent for a unit in the spring - the weather is nice, the flowers are out, and the overall value of the unit seems higher - so they are willing to pay more.  

If things were so perfect where they were, they should have stayed.Move down here, buy your flowered shirts, and enjoy your drinks on the beach...can't beat it.

We haven't bought our first property yet but we're on a path to purchase our first buy and hold property no later than my 50th birthday (1703 days from today).

Same with the liquor store, gas station, or flower shop.Before you think I'm a cruel human, I plan to give away $60,000 in charitable contributions this year. 

That's why single parents getting child support often can't "count" that child support, for mortgage purposes, after the kid's 15th birthday.... 

Currently meeting in Flower Mound about 1x/month.

Quote from @Levi Flowers: I am currently renting out 3 homes in Ohio, fixer uppers I worked on on the side, looking to focus more soley on real estate from now on.

Landscaping.. ad a BUNCH of flowers etverywhere, not just a shrub here and there.