Who else will know the laws and the rules of the nature of the beast, but others who share the same scenario.  

I have a substantial scholarship/will graduate with little debt,  my undergraduate degree was in economics/business, and I have several years of experience in corporate finance.  

REI has endless possibilities which all incorporate loving what I do, being successful and having the passive income for the future.  

I came across this forum recently, and now am going through the podcasts and trying to keep up to date on all the forum posts.A little about me: worked as a financial analyst in a small (3000 units) Real estate rental business which incorporated a property management company.

There's nothing south of "downtown Decatur" that's not CoD or CoA until you get across Memorial or Glennwood (depending) and that's unincorporated DeKalb, with crappy schools (except for the Museum School or Dekalb School of the Arts, both in Forrest Hills/Avondale) and appreciation not as fast as the incorporated areas.  

Many landlords I know only inspect the premises at the beginning/end of the lease term. 2) Animals by their nature pose a big concern when it comes to landlord liability exposure.

Definitely will incorporate those contingencies into the proposal.    

The question is: do landlords have to issue 1099s since technically income derived is passive in nature (i.e. not an active trade or business)?

Cant they use those funds in the form of a balloon mortgage or something of that nature for a flip?     

Off the topic, what happens if a title company actually misses a lien or something of this nature.