Looks like I'm not having kids. i do have a disability, a serious one, and my dream is to not have to worry too much about working again.

I have broken so many rules, some out of ignorance, many not.For instance, I have paid contractors an up-front payment before work is done.  And I've been taken.  But I also have a very reliable contractor that requir...

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Is it the "cheap place" so that those on disability/retirement chose to live there?

Competing offers are the norm in many market segments and owner-occupants of the standard 3/2 in a decent neighborhood are routinely outbid by cash buyers (either investors or bay area transplants).What can cause that situation to change?

Since easy to commute, easy access to life style might be not so much important if work from home is more like routine choice, so maybe we should define A,B, C and D otherwise?

I guess if they’re complicated such as a 1031 but if it’s routine, is it necessary?

I'm quite new at this so I have lots to learn, but with a committed (daily) routine I'm hoping to sink my teeth into something before the year is up. 

My father is a disabled veteran who had filed for bankruptcy about 8 years ago.

I like the idea of having a recent grad do it, and I've also considered things like having a management company run the property with an agreement with them to hire students to help with my properties, so it would be run by a team and not just a student, having me or someone I know go down regularly to check on properties and have the student just deal with routine maintenance issues and collecting rent, or having members of the social dance community (I'm the reason there's still a social dance club on campus) help me vet responsible employees.