However, once we get to 5-7 properties, they should be able to pay themselves off every 3 years or so which should speed up the buying process.As far as lawyers go, I just closed on my current house with Ward & Taylor. 

You all check out the "South Coast Rail" project to keep up to speed with what's going on with the rail.

I'd be carrying a mortgage payment of about $800/mo (which I could afford if I happened to not have any tenants at a given time.Any thoughts or directions that you all could point me in to make sure I'm up to speed on what questions I should be asking during the showing and what kind of costs I might be looking to incur that I should be watching out for.Thanks BP members!

When looking for a good buyers agent make sure they can work at the speed your clients will need them to work at ... that is why I got my license because I was tired of losing deals because I was waiting to either get in a property or to get the data I needed to run my numbers.

My ultimate goal is to purchase and develop land in the ever receding outer exurbs in my region.Here is a little about my world of late: Home Automation and Security technology is developing at breakneck speeds these days and staying on the cutting edge is a full time job, especially when it comes to understanding the vulnerabilities associated with these new technologies (think "Hackers"...they really, really, really do wreak havoc..no joke).

Ideally, both but I really like single family homes and would like to move to markets such as Kansas city to get better cash flow and speed up my retirement. 

The reasons wholesalers make money are essentially 1) speed to close, and 2) large deferred maintenance that precludes typical sales.

Most brokers have many more lenders on speed dial than you can feasibly get quotes from.  

“I’ve never seen anything like this before.”The speed of the collapse has been stunning.

None of which caught the "12 months from ETS" speed bump.