Great words @Stephen Masek, I have finished this book about a year ago and plan on going over it again, may he rest in peace.

C21 it's one of the best training company for new agents. 

As far as the preference for SFR or condo, well, my experience is that apartments are great for folks in tech schools, which are shorter length training periods.

outstanding let's look at a day in early April maybe Yokohama train station coffee shop.

This will allow us (my wife and I) to get accustomed to training our tenants and officially and effectively managing a property.

Something else to cross of the list of things to do.Thank you Brandon; I appreciate the reminder and realize this is an ongoing conversation.

In general, we just want to be set up right and obviously with the minimal up front and ongoing costs, with the best tax implications at the end of the year.Thanks all for sharing your experiences.

SFR tenants have a different mind set of doing more themselves, more independence, and more home owners in training.

I would like to share my recent (and ongoing) purchase and get feedback from others who are experienced on here. 

@Matt Fisher I train people to buy cash or terms so I want the word "solutions" in the name because it suggests there is a problem.