Compare the verses you know to what they are in the target language.This post http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2010/01/koreans-eng... is by a Korean guy who moved to California when he was in 10th grade (about 15 years old), and wanted to improve his English skills beyond what he had learned in public school in Korea. 

And some good points raised about finding the right balance between being 'too soft' and getting taken advantage of and still doing some good...Exciting, thank you!

We purchase our student rooming house as a "home" for my sister-in-law {she does live there ... see below} and, because of that, the rents did not count towards income for the purchase.Clientele: When we looked at rooming houses we found three basic types of rooming/boarding house in our area.Student - there are two universities and community college in our little city, so students are a prime clientele;Industry/Organization/Institution - another type of rooming house is one which is near and caters to a particular employer/workforce (i.e. a factory) or institution (hospital, military).Social -  the third type in our area is the rooming house that caters to the working poor, the addicted, and other on the edges of society.Each of the above types of rooming house requires a different set of skills and management style.  

To redo plumbing or converting radiator to force air could be expensive, unless you're professional in these skills.

And someone has to be putting your hard cost and soft cost budgets together to make sure the deal actually works financially, concurrently with getting your land disturbance and building permits approved.I'd say on the average new apartment deal I've been involved with the developer has invested about $800K over a 9-12 month timeframe from signing the contract to buy the property to closing on the loan.I'm not familiar with the Orlando market, but metro Atlanta is going crazy with apartments right now.  

If you have the skills for the role.

You need to have 4 skills that are necessary in any company1) Sales - This should be the number one goal2) Recruiting only The best people to work for you3)Leadership 4) Productivity (learn how to manage your time and always keep learning)As you are growing start hiring people for tasks that are non-essential or that take lot of time, while you focus on the most important activities that generate revenue (sales and marketing).

I know, I'm too soft-hearted for this business, but I'm becoming less so, trust me.  

Hi Guys,I am practicing my skills in understanding "leagel" Documents and understanding what do they mean actually,There is a property i am looking at I pulled the below out from the County recorder site - can someone explain what's the status of the property according to the below?

They do not generally have the skills/knowledge to buy right or often have the mistaken belief that cash buying or high equity is a protection when it has the opposite effect of exposing them to greater potential losses.Real estate investing is high risk primarily for the novice.