The current rules can very well stay past his term(s), so it's a rather risky planning.

If your serious about this we want you to come, if nothing else it would be a great support group for staying in the game and hopefully we all motivate each other to achieve our goals. 

Stay away from investors selling magic beans. 

I’m getting my license so that I can increase my income and knowledge to be able to do deals, but I want to stay heavily in the investment sector if possible, and was wondering if you guys even use home inspectors, and if not why?

It's like a Mac (sadly price isn't great) but runs Windows and I'm able to run Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects w/o too many problems.If you really want to stay cheap then you could also look into a tablet w/ a Bluetooth keyboard.

I like the good schools and family that stays for years till the kids are done w/ school type rentals..

You can buy affordable, rent it, break a little more than even, pray you get good tenants that stay a decade and then see how much the value of the property rose, then you can dress it up and sell it for a profit.

Some short answers to your questions:1) Convince to listen to some podcasts2) Really up to you and what you find available that works3) You will still need to be involved since it's your property4) I'd stay fresh of what's going on in your market, run the numbers on your criteria and practice finding "a deal"Lastly, some resources I've enjoyed:PodcastsEpisode 108 - Grant Cardone...

Resign yourself to staying at your job and being the best you can be at it. 

I own an e commerce company and my wife stays home so I figure I could use my expertise and her time, plus my fathers mls capabilities to continue the revenue stream and grow it.