Thanks for the positive energy.

I was also immature, naive, ready to set the world on fire with my energy and drive, had no education and no money!

@Jim Burns Generally you can only pro-rate the exclusion if you have to sell the property due to a job change, health reasons, or unforeseen circumstances.

I would focus my energy on something else.

During a down-turn there is generally an increase for affordable housing while people abandon/burn out of high dollar assets.

At what point do I stop wasting energy on them and move on?

I know I have to start somewhere, but just scared about not getting burned on my first deal.  

Hi All!My name is Sean, and I've found myself here at BiggerPockets trying to take in as much as I can about the multi-family housing market here in central NH. I own my own home, but have no other experience investin...

Also note that you can add ee ( energy efficient ) products with no cost.  

I got delayed with my full time job, working on my 2014 tax return that I had filed an extension for and just had some plumbing work done the past few weeks and got a MassSave home energy audit this past weekend.