I am not one to promote kitchen table closings, so I would recommend you use an escrow company or attorney for the closing.

Direct-mail postcards can be considered one of the good real estate promotion tools.

Health bills are not getting any cheaper with 2 kids.

Schooling: Lessons and mistakesI wrote a an article on my blog about the top 10 lessons learned on that house...since self-promotional links are frowned upon, here's the bulk of the text :)---------------------------------------1.

If you meet the four parameters of the Howey test, you are treading on thin ice.1. investment of money due to2. an expectation of profits arising from3. a common enterprise4. which depends solely on the efforts of a promoter or third party.If your deal looks like this, then you must register or use an exemption, especially if you have solicited your investors using the mail or the Internet.See SEC vs W.

I'm also selling off 1 rental property (closing tomorrow).Other than working with contractors, I have been doing all of this on my own and while 4 properties in one year doesn't sound like much, for someone holding a full time job, plus managing 4 other rental units and a note (and doing all the bookkeeping for everything), it's proven too much for me at one time.So, I've decided for my mental health I need to "take a break" and have some weekends off.

It actually leads to increased crime rates and lower overall (physical/mental) health of a population too when looking deeper into this mess.

If one had to do this for each SFR, it would be very hard for all the seminar promoters to gather people.

I'm a small guy as well and $400 would basically cover my overhead by the time I paid installer (I don't do many installs anymore), insurance, gas to look at job, miscellaneous materials, permits, paying taxes, retirement, health insurance, disability, workmen's comp, wear and tear on truck, etc...

:)Ryan, HUD was formed to provide safe and affordable housing to promote home ownership, not investors.