@Justin Pandolfino Your choices seem worlds apart with a SFH vs an investment property.  

I am thinking about this as well and my choice is hight tech stocks or bio technology.

Ryan DosseyRyan, I didn't take to 90 hour initial real estate course online, but did it in the classroom so I cant answer for the initial licensing course. 

My short list of things that I think are on the way out:LaminateGlass block backsplashVessel sinksDesk spaces built into kitchensherringbone wall papermicrowave over the rangeFaux Tuscan or Moroccan stuff (has been out for awhile but you still see it) I can only hope laminate goes away, but I don't see it as a choice of style so much as a choice of cost.

I didn't suggest it as being the best choice for Charles. 

There's no right or wrong way but if there's a choice and the expense is low, try it one way for a few years and if it's not working, change it. 

Some common desirable factors might be:* Proximity to a great school* Beautiful ocean views* Beautiful mountain viewsIn fact the investors' choice of Sokcho to invest is in large part driven by what they see as Sokcho’s inherent desirability as a location (ex: proximity to Mt.

Perhaps the L/O idea is a good choice regardless.I'll try to nail my lender down tomorrow, and give the seller a call [she gave my agent her number and I've actually already spoken to her once about some questions I had regarding the Oil Furnace.My only concern regarding the lease was if i have a contract that states a move in date, although the boys will be fine with "whatever"- will their parents?  

I give my tenants a choice, mail the check to the bank, wire/direct deposit it into my account, or physically take the check to the bank location and deposit it into my account.  

There is a rare occasion you will run across a "professional tenant" that knows how to game the system but for the most part you will find tenants that will put up a fight in the beginning and probably get bad advice from friends and when you get to court they have nothing to say except to plead to the judge for a few more weeks and they have all kinds of sob stories and then they have no choice but to move on to the next apartment.