Slow down, and take advantage of BP.

My wife is starting a new job and we are discussing options in regards to what to do with her current 401k that is worth $16,000.Our plan is to use whats left after income tax and early withdrawal penalty to move into a duplex and rent out our current property. 

It was awful, I was passing cars and even i was going slow.

If that stops or slows down and there is overbuilding certainly that's a risk.  

My only regret, not having a home available for the Summer bookings because winter bookings have slowed to a crawl at the moment.

In my opinion slow and steady wins this race.

Flowers or nice slow growing bushes.

I posted this as a comment in a thread in my local forum (Baton Rouge), but things are a bit slow there so I thought I'd try a broader audience.For those who have been involved in real estate for some time, how have your deal sources evolved as you grew as an investor?

At this point, we have been looking and learning  for about 6 months with no luck, because our only good opportunity felll through due to a slow realtor.  

New boilers, i.e. high efficient models, have a pump that never stops, but will actually speed up or slow down relative to the amount of heat you want put out.I have stayed away from boilers like the plague, however I just finished rehabbing my first property with a boiler installed in 2007 and have been pleasantly surprised by it.