I'm an amateur bodybuilder so I cook and eat between 6-10 meals/day depending on what my goals are so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, usually I cook once or twice/day, but there have been times where I cooked more.

Using amateur photos on a random digital camera gets random results.

You risk looking like an amateur.

i am an amateur investor wanting to start investin in multi residential apartments, wat i want to know is, is it better to start with building only a few apartments i.e two or three..nd c hw that goes?..

I am an amateur investor, and am fairly new to the Orlando area, currently doing due diligence on a duplex.  

In my fully amateur opinion, there are a few things here to consider:- you want experience as a landlord/PM- you want to buy in your area, since you know it and are local- you're not getting advice from your father as much as you're getting instructionI'm with you on points 1 and 2.

I understand TX law is reasonably sensitive to property owners IF they follow the law.Dumb money: trying to save a couple of bucks, cut corners and trying to do your first eviction (from 1,500 miles away, no doubt) and use cheap as an excuse for "learning how it works"There are professional landlords and amateur landlords.

I'm an amateur invester (meaning I also do marketing during the day) in the Atlanta area.  

Nobody thinks one poorly or amateur job is a big deal but string together 10 years of mediocre work and you're place is a dump. 

Some markets might react strongly to increasing rates, while markets such as mine where there is a lot of wealth tend to shrug it off sooner.Those at highest risk in a rising rate environment are the amateur flippers who buy at market value because they don't know any better, hoping that values increase during the construction period such that their profit is created by the market rather than their skill.