Most yards around here are big enough to fit on a postage stamp.This one has 10 fruit trees and arable land.My difficulty is that the house is old 1907.  

I'm looking forward to a long & fruitful relationship with the BP community. 

You can not limit sources of funds so long as those sources are legal.Next, saying no seconds deprives the owner from the use of their property , the fruits of equity, the ability to pledge that equity earned and held for the owner's benefit, You're in violation again and that is another predatory move.

Meaning you don't leave them any fruit to go after.

A tenant who lived in the upstairs unit was carrying her laundry basket going down the stairs and fell two years ago.

I also realized that there's a lot of house flipping work that I actually enjoy doing - I enjoy putting together IKEA cabinets, painting, cleaning, doing landscaping - but I enjoy them when I'll see some fruits for those labors!

But the Charlotte local REIA meeting is this Thursday. http://charlottereia.com/I'll be honest there will def be some package they are trying to sell but other than that I usually find them to be pretty fruitful and at the very least a solid networking opportunity.

Ideally, both.However some reasoning I have seen and feels logical is as follows:If you reduce your expenses by $X, you have saved $X.If you increase your income by $X, you have generated $X - taxes - value of time worked to earn that money - any other factors.So in terms of low-lying fruit (what is easiest/quickest to accomplish) cutting expenses AND THEN SAVING THE DIFFERENCE is what I would recommend doing first.My wife and I put this into practice. 

A creditor can only take what's in the basket. 

Debating this in the abstract on a message board is entertaining, but not very fruitful past most of what has already been hashed out hundreds of times on BP.Regarding the post above about active control producing above average returns I would challenge how the studies accounted for the time requirements active participation carries with it.