Our initial plan was to get there buying 12 properties over 10 years with a combination of all cash transactions and leveraged positions, but I wonder if we are being too conservative.  

, that's probably where you want to focus your education initially."

I initially planned on sending out 500 but I was told that would not be enough.

Both were primary homes initially but the first one I rented out after I got married and was cashflow positive about $900/month in addition to the principal appreciation equivalent to a 54% IRR over those 5 years I owned the first property.

Nothing loaded Lane Kawaoka We are gathering information and doing some more research to compare the investment motivation of more informed investor the less informed to make an initial investment.   

on our lease, we have a section that tenant has to initial that smoke detectors are there and functioning. 

Depending on your reserves for initial construction.

The costs associated with ownership are far greater and the amount of your payments going to pay down a mortgage are initially minimal.Stay where you are and you will be able to save more money than if you buy and move..

I let them know that I will likely have some questions on their numbers but after I do an initial analysis, if the deal still looks attractive I would request to view a few of the units in the property and do a general walk through of the exterior, utility areas and common areas.

Not surprisingly, initial interest has been strong, and we are testing the concept with two 506(c) blind pools, to serve flippers in 2 of those 2 dozen cities.So we need someone that can give us high-quality analysis of the business model, and let us know what it will take to grow from 2 to 2 dozen.