. - The Cleveland Metro School District just passed a $67/yr million citywide property tax hike that is touted to vastly improve the quality of inner-city education through the use of specialized boarding schools, targeting high-crime neighborhoods, and other innovative secondary education techniques.- Downtown residential population is increasing at 20% per year or greater, and more than 5,000 brand new units from converted downtown office buildings will come online in the next 18 months.

So far I have gotten my deals from brokers/wholesalers and I wanna try this DM technique.

Now I can focus on the 1 or 2 methods that I KNOW are profit inducing for the next 6 months, instead of just guessing.These are some great marketing techniques!

You can't apply techniques of business without a basic understanding of business.

And I agree with everything you said Matthew, get insurance, know your business, use good management techniques and skills, also, know your area to understand your exposures, an attorney should know, so ask one.I've often said that you take on a greater risk driving your car than owning and renting a decent single family home, now, multi family is different due to the concentration of tenants.Don't be afraid to own property, it rarely bites compared to other risks we take daily without a second thought. 

The reading material and CDs alone are worth the price of admission.I did not, however, care for the presenter's upsell techniques.

Before driving around my local neighborhoods and practicing valuation techniques on local properties, I want to practice such techniques on my own VA-guarantee financed home that I bought last year; I'm going to pretend that I'm about to put the property up for rent and make a cash flow prediction.For my question, would it be wise for me to get my personal property appraised?

You can get away with a lot in a bathroom - its a great place to master your technique!

And what is the best creative financing technique to use?

If you guys have good acquisition techniques would love to hear them as well.