Among the factors to consider in making these decisions, are risk tolerance, availability of cash, creditability, greed, financial stature, market conditions and outlook, inflation/appreciation potential, what age/phase of one's life one is in and of course each individual deal or property's characteristics. 

I know nobody knows the future, and nobody can really offer more than an opinion but among the more experienced of you out there, will Asheville be a hard place to accomplish our goals?

There might be a few others but for sure he is among the top5 MF guys available for coaching.Good Luck,Mauricio

@Jeremy Kaplan I'm a bit snobby about my cheesesteaks...I used to go to Abner's...but certainly am aware of the battle among the big boys...I did like Jim's!  

(See also this N&O story: Seven Triangle towns are among the state's fastest-growing, and then there's Garner which mentions cities in bold).

I was probably among the first to have seen it, and I included a loan status report with my offer.

The University of Wisconsin boasts many notable individuals among its alumni including Dick Cheney, a state Supreme Court justice, a CBS news reporter, playwrights, poets, authors, film producers, astronauts and several congressman and governors.The undergraduate and graduate programs in real estate offered in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison are consistently ranked among the top programs in the United States.

I have just set up my first real estate investing company in Washington state and among the many things I had to do to get going was registering with the State Department of Revenue.

@Chad McClain I would just take the monthly amount, and divide it among the amount of rooms in the building.

It's difficult for me to even dignify this attitude among the ignorant "Chicken Littles", especially those in the media, with a response.