@Michael Rinaldi - super smart strategy on getting started.

You learn how to behave in a professional environment, you learn how a business is run on someone else's money, you meet and learn from some very smart people, you learn how to communicate, you learn how to work with tight deadlines, etc.

Lots of really smart people on here to answer all your questions.

This can be done through renovations, aggressive management (especially with stabilized and controlled leases) and by finding properties that have been under-managed (rents haven't risen with the tide on free market units).Depending on what scale you're working on, the deals are out there, but in a saturated market you've got to be smart about finding them.

Would it be smart for Ted to drive the wrong way on a one way street?

I get the sense that we are still pretty well disliked, so if we make smart decisions on the front..."

A smart R.E. investor can very realistically make 1 mill in there first year, easy.

Investor offers will get a lot of attention from smart short sale agents, for the reasons you mentioned.

You are wise, smart intelligent.Good job man, SERIOUSLY, awesome keeping yourself in check.OK, online pics are a great start but no one will take pictures of the bad stuff ..

Now, my advice comes with the caveat that you have to make smart moves with the cashflow.