Im looking to grow and do some work in New Jersey but I'm having a hard time getting my General Contracting license for NJ.

So as an investor, you need to gain more out of a deal, you need to grow not stay in the same situation.

The Houston area is one of the fastest growing markets anywhere.

Example: a tenant used a pile of leftover bricks behind a shed, that were of no value, to construct a very nice sand-based patio in a spot of the yard near the house that has always struggled to have anything grow there.

As far as the future goes: Bend is planning to keep growing.

I'm looking for feedback from other South Floridians who have been investing down here and what their thoughts are.From what I read you should be looking for areas that are growing, areas that are cheap and going up, areas that have several big employers or areas that are right outside a big city.

I was thinking about something I heard on the BP podcast once about starting out doing bigger deals so that the natural exponential growth of my business would grow off a much larger base.

., it is not your career), the federal government places a limitation on how much of your passive loss from an investment on something such as real estate can be deducted against your ordinary income.

Also- the place will be plenty big enough for your growing family. 

I currently live in Mosaic (Merrifield, VA) and it's growing like crazy...which means so is the price of my rent!