We have owned our own properties in the past; I was lucky enough to sell before the crash, and my wife made the decision to rent hers out and got burned by the WI Winter Eviction Law.  

John Burns among others think the Riverside market has gotten ahead of itself and may be due for either a correction or at least very flat appreciation until incomes in this area increase.  

The biggest challenge will probably be burning out before you start making enough money, so you want to enjoy what you're doing while you're experiencing the growing pains.Eventually you should have enough knowledge, capital, and connections to venture out on your own.

Had her numbers been off we could have gotten burned, and it been a painful/expensive lesson.  

I have another business I have decided to sell simply from being burned out.

Actually, I think they left after they burned up the back door and surrounding area. 

If you've got no other money you can make your own bandit signs with a super-fat black marker and pieces of cardboard.

You might be eager to jump in and start investing, but unless you have money to burn you want to really understand what you're getting into.

I have been negligent in my area on this topic, we had this pretty well exposed around here and some new shysters are popping up, might be time to go back out on a slash and burn mission again.

When you hear about Detroit Real Estate most people get scared and picture burned down buildings, blight, etc.