What a joke" Said encountering Natalie's many funny responses"How did apple approve this" Said of one of the millions of free, in progress apps approved by apple. 

I have one property being used as a VR currently, but have plans to manage more and want to be set up early on to take on more properties.I am currently using AirBnb, FlipKey, Vacationrentals.com (HomeAway family), and completing my stand along website is a work in progress now.

Welcome and keep us posted on your progress!

I felt we had no way to determine if we were on time, on budget, or how we were progressing. 

That is paid off now, and business is picking up to the point that we will make a decent profit over and above the draws we have been taking home.What I am wondering is that we have some leeway in when we take in some of the progress payments on jobs (receivables).

Do you plan to change your buying strategy as your career (& bank account) progresses?

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

Grinding and sacrifice to get your first property and then progressively snowball or you can try and find a partner that will be the financing person while you provide value somewhere else.

I don't think you can place a blanket average on it because it depends on so many other variables (area, value add, future development potential, in the path of progress, existing tenants, does it need rehab, etc)

I started out as a residential leasing agent, and have since progressed from residential sales to commercial.