My name is Christie and I'm a speech-language pathologist by trade, but I will soon be supplementing by taking all that I'm learning here at BP and purchasing my first property within the next year.  

I'll "burn the boat" once I'm able to supplement my salary for sure though! 

Which is why it's so hard to give generic one-size-fits-all answers to questions like yours!

If the community checks out, my girlfriend and I will be relocating to Norfolk in pursuit of investing, supplemented by our full time jobs. 

I would like to supplement my retirement with rental properties in 11 years when I am 55.

I've heard mixed reviews about just grabbing a generic one off the internet - doesn't seem very safe to me.

My initial generic and woefully inadequate definition of investor is 'someone or something that 'puts resources (financial or non-financial) "in play" (allocates resources) for an anticipated gain.'

"I'm looking for a mentor" is too generic. 

You also want to use a generic name for the land trust (such as the property address: 1234 XYZ Street Land Trust). 

We also took a generic Articles of Organization and modified it.