Buy good assets, don't stretch yourself to far and keep reserves.The financial crisis is still fresh in peoples minds so all the doom and gloom people on bp and everywhere think the next one is imminent, and that it will be just as bad.  

After that I added a stretch of medium sized, decorative boulders along the front of the house.

There are parts of the country where people don't make very much and buying a $10k mobile home is a stretch for them.

There is no reason I have to wait for my diploma to begin my career as a real estate investor.So that you understand my intentions with RE, here are some personal reasons for my particular passion in this business:- It is an art form in my eyes- I had multiple stretches of homelessness in my childhood- I want to build relationships that will benefit future endeavors- I want to create multiple streams of income and bring diversity to my portfolio- Gain capital for other business investmentsThis post is written in effort to find a coaches/mentors/partners in this business.

I've had a few times in the past few years where I stretched too thin and was really sweating it out wondering if I was going to run out of money when the next property tax cycle came around or the next $10k vacancy/rehab happened.Most surprising thing I've discovered about real estate investing (generally, not CLE specific) is how much it helps lower your adjusted gross income for tax purposes. 

SF is not going down, tech is not dead by any stretch of the imagination, and the BS social policies will reverse themselves.

The closer areas would be Covington and Newport where you can see Cincinnati from Kentucky and stretches to Dayton, Bellevue and Latonia

This could conceivably let you stretch your timeframes backwards.As soon as you feel like your old property will close you use the time between then and sale to get your new property under contract.

Fedro stretches it out to more like 10.

I can see that being a stretch since I am only 21 years old but I have had success in the consulting and financial advising fields on my own with just a little bit of guidance from more experienced professionals.