I wasn't planning on spending a lot of money for repairs for this house.

Your best bet is to be honest and explain the circumstances.Perhaps you could talk to them in advance before you spend the money and time for the classes.

Anyone who doesn't farm an area runs the risk of not being organized and spending all their time running from one place to another and accomplishing little.

Single bath houses have been "obsolete" since about 1980.Spend a year getting a "real world" (ie; non guru) feel for this house and how your expenses and operation are working.

Sure, we all want to invest in RE, we allwant to make money(somehow), and we all want to build wealth, but those are vaque objectives.I am still in the "convoluted" stage myself, but between spending time here, researching on the `net, reading, learning, asking questions, observing what others do, seeing what works and what doesn`t, doingsome soul-searching and self-evaluation as to my present circumstances, finances, abilities, knowledge(and acknowledging the lack thereof when warranted, which is often :lol: ), my own personal goals in RE are changing(from just a few months ago), and slowly becoming clearer and more well-defined.

Unfortunately, as your portfolio grows (or even with a small portfolio over the long term), these expenses catch up with you and must be accounted for (because you have to spend real money to pay them).

when unemployment gets to be 6-7 percent and gas prices in california get to be $4.50- $5 a gallon and we get a tax and spend more liberal in office come talk to me then....

Even the little things like laundry, mailing a letter, calling someone, Spending time with the family are on the Daily todo list.

If one is judicious about spending money for such things, one can earn the cost of same many times over through successful real estate transactions.Also, many guru events are free or nearly so.

Then we don't like "not spending money", so we crave good news... the wallets open up again.