Continue to study and browse the market, but that much debt is a danger sign to me. 

If at a point in time we need to pursue garnishment and the tenant still has the accounts, it would prove useful.  

Thanks Guys, yes I will study up. 

In fact, I paid a little extra to have the materials sent to me in actual paper form (not pdfs) because there's been some interesting studies done comparing retention of material from print vs screen (print wins hands down)What @Jacob Lair is saying might be true for a newly minted agent without real world experience, but I'd guess if you're at all active here on BP you probably already know a heck of a lot more about RE than most beginner agents.

Coming in from Puyallup, been 'studying' this subject for a few months, and want to start this 'rest of my life' project.I have done alot of reading on how to get started in real estate investing, but I keep running into a couple things:1) alot of people suggest to start with foreclosures.  

I am posting this to prove that I can do real estate projects using my Engineering background and anyone can do it with a time and capital.  

I know the area of southwest Florida that I want to buy in and have been studying it.

He did a study where went back to 1890.  

Hello BP, I been on  the site for a few months studying and finally started acting a few weeks ago.

I guess since I studied and got my brokers license in 3 states  that I am probably sensitive to this issue.