Today I attended my very first meet-up ever and it was on note buying.

(Although I want to work my way up to larger properties other states, right now, I want to be hands-on in order to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible.)  

My long term goal is to have rental properties that generate enough passive income to quit my Mon-Fri job and free me up to travel.I found BiggerPockets through a podcast search on real estate and have been hooked ever since.

Feel free to shoot me a PM if you ever find yourself interested in the market down here in SD.Best of luck!

Good luck and give us a call if we can ever help answer buy & hold investing questions for you.

I personally hardly ever buy on MLS.

I'm in Lexington if you ever want to talk.  

We have not fully recovered from the lowest home starts ever a few years ago.The general consensus is that an uptick in interest rates will soften the frenzy we are now seeing (multiple offers over list, etc).  

One side note is the amazon download is only a 1 pc option, so you buy one per PC, where as if you ever need office on a second device you just up the subscription by $2/mo which would be a tremendous savings.Also, iCloud and Office 365 are completely separate products. iCloud handles data backup mainly, where as Office 365 is the subscription platform for all of Microsoft's products.Also, Dpeends on where you work, Ryan, But most companies have a microsfot HUP program for their employees which gives you a license to 2016 office for 5 PCs for a one time cost of 9.99.

I don't ever plan to wear a bullet proof vest to go and collect rent :).