Not only did he stop dumping over the rail, from that point until he retired 20yrs later, every piece of refuse that came up in the gear was brought ashore and put in the garbage.

As @Dawn Anastasi said I also geared to long term tenants staying many years even a decade.

Thanks for the advice Karin .As you said most of those seminars are geared toward selling so when I do attend it will definitely be to meet experienced people.

You need to be capable of changing gears from time to time.

I've seen that layout in vacation/ lodge homes, spare sleeping areas . 4 storage drawers under the bottom bunks for gear/personal stuff?

Maybe you should consider shifting gears and playing to your strengths...

Wear appropriate safety gear.

I have listened to tons of BP pods casts lately which motivated me to get in gear.

I'm willing to pay some earnest money to a mentor/expert for some advice, but much more geared toward paying off my HUMONSTRUOUS RE profits from the advice.You did mention some good ways of finding experts in the area - Rentals on Craigslist & property roles.

Martha Chavarria - good for you that you can charge for estimates; it does take time for that to be done, and so being compensated for your time is good for you.But those of us who are investors are looking for contractors who are geared to working with investors; they understand that if they charge for estimates for property owned by the investor, that they won't get called to do any bids, because investors do know contractors who will not charge for estimates in those cases.