As you can see dealing with tenants can be a pain if the right structure isn't in place especially when you start scaling.Options open for real estate investing will mainly depend on capital to start and expectations of annual return versus what kind of headache you are looking at dealing with.

;)I certainly understand the push for education, which is my main focus at this time.

My ideal scenario would be that we find a 2 or more acre lot, hubby the 2 kids and I are in the "main" houses and there is a cottage house or some sort of agreeable sized outbuilding where my parents are -- hence, they are close enough where we can help them out but both families have their own space.This more than likely would have to be new construction as I don't know if these types of properties are available around here (at least listed on the MLS).And of course space costs money in real estate.Any suggestions (other than don't do it, ha ha!)

TO wholesale you need 1) the money to find the deal - this can mainly be your hard work with little cost.

Everyone I speak to is extremely excited to see the property, mainly because of the unique amenities like exposed beams.Roof hasn't been checked out yet...

As of now I'd like to stay away from Guru's but am open to any courses, classes or books that deal with short sales, I'm considering taking a pre-license real estate course in Colorado mainly for educational purposes vs. becoming an actual real estate agent (any thoughts on this idea??).

The main problem for the nearly the past year has been hedge funds snapping up a bunch of properties at the auctions AT FULL RETAIL PRICE.Decent rentals can be found in the MLS still here.

I think I know how to beat him in the long run though.I haven't been able to see this house in person right away as I have a very busy life right now (mainly I got a new job as an auditor of a delivery company!

I've never heard the burnout statistics for real estate agents before--what are the main causes of burnout in your opinion?

We are mainly concerned about not getting the list that we want.