I believe growing up in a family of woodworkers and handymen has prepared me for these challenges, as I've worked on many houses and projects before and helped build a rather gorgeous 3000 sq/ft log cabin starting from foundation up as a young teen.

@Patrick PhilipThe beauty of much of this business for the investor is that while an investor sees a piece of land with a structure on it in terms of fungible value, a retail buyer sees a home and hearth, a place to raise their children, somewhere to grow old together with their loving spouse, a symbol of their financial competency, a mark of belonging to one class rather than another.

Enterprise is growing like crazy though!

How do I grow the business and scale it?

Our total Op Ex is about 40%, so I agree 30% is low. 40% seems about right for our size and age (17 years) property.

As your portfolio grows, keeping one good easy-to-finance property free and clear can be a nice safety net.

Nashville has stayed in the top ten the past 3 years as one of the fastest growing real estate markets.  

It depends on the age, current condition of the property, and quality of tenants.5.  

I meant to say he will be 59 1/2, which as I understand is the age he can start withdrawing without penalty. 

millennials are just starting to have kids and are going to get to an age where they care about their kids schools etc and it will be far too costly in the city to sustain.so you read it here, mark it down, we are going to see a shift