I retired from trading in 2010 and started full time investing in 2011 after taking a year off.To date we, as a family, have a goal of owning 20 properties free and clear and enjoying the passive income from them to travel the world, do what we want, and enjoy life!

Too much production and your heirs enjoy the fruits of your labor but you and your wife don't.

Enjoy!

Although I enjoyed doing so, it still wasn't as fulfilling as I would like for it to have been so I stepped away from the industry for several years.

I have been also been listening to the BP Podcasts, which I enjoy very much.  

Best of luck in your endeavors!  

Plus, it seems some asset based lenders want to rely on conventional lending criteria such as FICO scores, low LTV's (using any definition), and multiple appraisals -- all while enjoying hard money interest rates.None of this is to say that there's a lender for everyone or that if you look hard enough, you'll eventually find someone foolish enough to hand you a bag of cash for your entire project cost.

That is one thing that I enjoy about our role as a landlord -- we are not just a big corporation with strict criteria that can never bend.

Defiantly and area you would enjoy also with all the arts and younger professionals.

I like the buy hold strategy.I have really been enjoying the podcasts, I'm starting at the beginning and trying to catch up, its all I listen to in the car!