Our local market is somewhat hot now and there are some large scale projects happening, so I want to benefit and have fun along the way.

A few, however, do persevere and some do very well while others achieve the smaller scale success that they set out for.Finally, please don't underestimate the risk of buying at auction.

For the 147th time, real estate is unique, it can not be directly compared to stocks or bonds or annuities or the manufacture of widgets.

She may be agreeable to paying $500 for an air purifier specifically manufactured for animal odor, like this one:http://www.airpurifiersandcleaners.com/austin-air-pet-machine-air-cleaner-hm-410.html

Tom and I were involved with real estate investing together for nine very successful years but Tom had made his fortune in manufacturing OEM parts for the auto industry and he had the opportunity to purchase a failing OEM parts manufacturer for literally pennies on the dollar and thought that he knew exactly what to do to turn it around and make it a very profitable company.

Example - Investor is full time employee of a manufacturing company and earns salary plus bonus.

Allegedly  Lumber Liquidators has been buying their laminate flooring from Chinese manufacturers who have been knowingly falsely labeling their products as Callifornia CARB Phase 2 compliant when it actually has well above the maximum formaldehyde limit levels.

Based on scale, those are some cheap duplexes with huge cash flow assumptions.  

I'm a seasoned general & manufactured home contractor & dealer/developer, Real Estate Broker, investor and property manager.

Purchase a piece of and place a manufactured home on the lot and rent it out in the future.I've done some research but the land I'm looking for must have access to city utilities.