Chris, I hate to sound like the boy scout here, but you should steer them toward honoring their loans.

The real answer to "where" to buy is to go to a couple areas of a type of place you like and scout a 100 mile radius of each area and find what works with the style of investing you want to do and go for it.

I'd rather spend my time scouting for new deals than swinging a hammer.

The artile in your first post was about the Boy Scouts.

Obama has not even as much as run a Bake Sale or Cub Scout Group, not that I would trust him to anyway!

In every other business, sports team, church or Girl Scout Troup that experiences this instant pattern of failure after failure with the same team under new leadership, it's clear the problem is the CEO.http://www.youtube.com/watch?

The inquirers are from out of state-i am in southeast Michigan. 1) Should i "scout" for property leads by going to a real estate broker at all or is that jumping the gun?

While the cost of LOCATING and doing due diligence on that many is high, I know it's doable because my former CPA did almost exactly what you're describing, a SF apartment building into a dozen or more rentals IN ONE METRO AREA of TX.The key is to get most of the scouting and due diligence out of the way while the sale is in progress.

I'm not in the Commercial Deal bootcamp with them but I am a property scout with them and one of the Regional Director has worked with me closely and has closed a deal for me.

In a constantly changing world one cannot be expected to keep up with every change.You are very passionate about your job/career......you can keep that passion fulfilled in other ways1 Enjoy yourself2 Devote a little of your spare time to introduce the wonderful world of flying to others - volunteer at aviation schools - run Boy Scout tours at your local little airport - speak about your experiences at Learn To Fly Programs.