“The fire suppression ordinance has hindered us more than helped us to bring future growth during tough economic times,” he said.Soliman said that while the ordinance was important for the safety it provided residents, it slowed down growth in the city over the past five years.Soliman mentioned recent attempts by the City of Chicago and Will County to enact similar fire sprinkler ordinances, but those did not pass.

Found them off the Quickbooks website under the Support/Find a QB ProAdvisor section and they basically held my hand through the whole process of how to do enter transactions, import my credit card statements online, cleaned up my chart of accounts, etc. 

This is a good example of why it's important to choose where you invest.

@Michael Forbes that is such an important question you absolutely need to seek an expert.

IMPORTANT: Learn the forms of your STATE !

Like you said @Kenneth McKeown, it's important to know the best route for ME, and that may not be the same for others.

-seller has the ability to foreclose on you and keep the payments you've made to that point (and the property he would potentially be repossessing would be totally upgraded on your dime-seller receives steady passive income which may be very attractive to someone that ageAs far as other leverage, the most important thing to do would be to find out more about HIS needs. 

My philosophy is if you buy right and are conservative with your numbers, what happens to the market on a macro level is less important because you have protected yourself against a potential "crash".

Important things to keep in mind?

@Sandeep Gangadhar Property Management is probably the most important member of your team, since they represent you in front of the customers, in front of the contractor, in front of legal, they also collect the rents (financials)..etc.