I had a gentlemans' ranch in Oregon in 1980-being self sufficient and worrying about kids (4 at the time).

When you buy a property, you essentially buy a self-contained business which requires systems be put in place in order to run smoothly.

I'm confident of getting the liens removed. here's a blog I wrote about it: http://sycamorevista.org/

It would be interesting if workplaces offered a way to invest in real estate deals or trust deeds/syndication deals how many people would choose that type investment over investing in the S&P500 for example.Of course people can use their funds to invest via a self directed IRA , but this is a bit more complicated and of course nobody will tell you about this at your job.

Anyways, if you go this route, you can save your self money for rehab costs and also for investing in future houses.

Keep the best rentals, invest the money from the flips into more rentals, 1031 into larger and larger properties.You can also earn more from your rentals if you self manage.

If you can read and self-teach, then scouring this forum, blogs, and books is a cheap (Or FREE) education.

Do whatever you can to avoid it......Its a non deductable self perpetual scam.

And I am confident we will get there.

You guys - I guess if I want it done right, i have to do it myself...LOL:) Note to self - read the darn instructions next time