We're also able to evaluate our rates, and keep pace with inflation, on a monthly and quarterly basis because of shorter term leases.  

@Elizabeth Jay - with a W2 (especially a highly demanding one), you have to pace yourself but you also have to get very specific and detailed on your daily tasks.

I’m so amazed and inspired by the pace you have!

The rules of Monopoly are such that a mortgaged property CAN NOT cash flow.I'm a little bit biased, to be fair, but I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with that...Furthermore, a political agenda is revealed by the notion that you can just pay a little money to get out of jail.The premise that your real estate success depends on a role of the dice is additional condemnation of the game.

I found it to be very informative and the best part about on-line courses is that you can do them as you have time and at your own pace.

I had brought 50k with me to bid and only spent 5k buying ( well not really knowing what I bought probably junk) and packed it in and went and had some BBQ and soul food   :)  In your market is the sale a little more organized and at a pace that you can identify the cert for sale with the property that is associated with it... in those counties in MS they sold oh probably 10 to 20 thousand certs in 3 days... it was a mad house..  

the down side ofcourse is that once you throw the extra money into payment (without the program), it is essentially gone unless you refi or get an equity.time and time again, i have seen people try to pay their mortgage off at such a rapid pace that they leave themselves little to nothing to live on and end up refinancing and being talked into the most they can be put into a worst situation than they were originally in.I'm by no means advocating this program (a couple of years ago, a friend of my wife's tried selling it to me).

This is just one of the many scare tactics employed by Equity Trust - a full custodian provider who clearly has an agenda to protect.

to Dick: Im planning on starting with Wholesaling and then taking more classes with WIA (lease-option & foreclosure are next on the agenda).

Todays reality is massive net unit shortage and production costs pushing unit pricing into non-viable territory due to incomes not pacing with inflation.