Now is the time to find out the direction you are going in and if she is the one that is going to travel that path with you.Love is something you develope over your life together.

but not to look for info to improve my own biz, but just to surf through the various areas I feel well qualified to answer questions on, often from "newbies" who may need just a little pointing in the right direction or other times, unfortunately may need to be given the tough to give answer that they need to reconsider their entire plan, ideas, etc as it may very likely result in money I assume they've worked hard for, going away like a puff of smoke!

This was mostly due to our money partner, who has other unrelated business interests that he periodically travels abroad to attend to, leaving the project frozen in place for his return. 

You get way too much time on your hands but you freak out over travelling too far from your properties and end up hanging out in coffee shops all day and posting way too much online - kind of like college.  

I make about 3.5k gross give or take in cash flow from my REI business and I've supplemented the rest of my goal with my E-Commerce earnings.Also, I recently took a trip to the Philippines where I realized I could live pretty darn well for about $1k/month and do all of my online work (REI and E-Commerce) and just live it up and travel.

Another thought about the traveling the country Idea that was mentioned above and your schedule is that send out an invite to some of the towns you will travel to during your away games and meet up. 

Holy smoke! 

If we can get some hierarchy of risk vs reward vs safety as we travel up and down the types of MBS that is being issued the market just "might" sort of make itself.  

I noticed the investors above were working on a prior foreclosure home that they bought at the foreclosure sale, it's on a street that I travel multiple times almost daily.

I really liked how nice it was and I got to know the neighbors and they're really great too.Purchase price = $31,500Rehab = $6,000 (approximately)Work done:+ Painting all rooms in the house (needed primer to cover ugly colors) + ceilings and trim+ New rainfall tub/shower faucet + plumbing+ New ceramic tile tub surround and tile base around the room+ New toilet+ New glass block window in the bathroom+ New windows in the entire house (except for large picture window), double-pane vinyl windows with tinted UV protection+ Basement laundry tub plumbing repairs+ New water heater+ Drywall replacement in upper bedroom around stairwell+ New outlets and switches in all rooms+ New light fixtures in two rooms+ New kitchen floor (sheet vinyl) also used on back hall and stairs to basement+ Miscellaneous (some new cabinet handles, smoke detectors, CO2 detectors, door knobs, new locks, curtain rods, curtains, light bulbs, grass cutting and gutter cleaning)Rented out at $875/month + utilities.The tenant I have is actually one from one of my other rentals.