He paid a security deposit equal to a full month of rent via Paypal, and our agreement is to pay the full first month's rent on arrival.  

Most people usually arrive at least by 6:30 to  get to know other investors.

As for a recommendation of cards with points, my wife and I have been really happy with our Barclaycard Arrival + card.

If you get to month 12 and the tenant claims they paid on time the past 11 months, but you know their rent arrived a day or so late in month 4, how do you prove it? 

Be careful in assessing diferences in rents in the market in the annuity approach, may want to consider raising rents in the market.If it's a DIY job, don't forget that you need to be paid too in arriving at your costs.

Whether it be stock market sectors, commodities, or real estate, the smart guys have vision and seize opportunities before the crowds arrive.

Sorry its me again...Actually I have been thinking about this a lot since I read the original post this morning so coming from a newbies perspective let me just say that when you arrive on BP & see that there are people doing what u want to do in REI & u want to learn the ropes, there is a lot of background stuff on the individual newbie that is unknown & we read posts or hear podcast etc that u can do this & u can do that & u need to educate then put action to it....this cud be bad advice for some newbies like Scott said with a bad financial IQ...BUT also that person may think if they don't act they will loose momentum or miss their opportunity or fizzle out, being afraid of that they act...wanting to be an Investor so bad they jump ahead of themselves...

I could check by phone (or on-line today) on the 2nd to see if the transfer went through, so no more sleepless nights waiting to see if the check actually arrived 5-7 days later.

Many thanks, and I look forward to connecting with Triangle area investors when we arrive next month.  

Do you have any investor relationships that could take a look at your portfolio and help you arrive at a go forward plan that helps to solve some of the risk you've taken on?