. - have now confirmed all the baseboards need to be replaced, the cat urine is down behind them-- another small bit of cash I was hoping not to spend.

Advice: figure out how to spend less. 

If BP spends some money on iOS dev contractors to fix app crashes, I'll sign up for the paid membership :) @David Greene, you have all the right connections to make this happen (you came to give a talk at my work on 5/30).Gediminas

In my opinion, prices will be up a year from now, so in addition to spending $24,000 renting, you will lose out on a years worth of property appreciation when you sell.As far as renting to you, I would not.

I just noticed this post and if you are still in need of some recommendations let me know what exactly you are looking for in terms of investments I work with investors in the El Paso area and could possibly be of assistance. 

I am a young realtor and assistant property manager.

Excited to be posting on this most-relevant website, particularly after spending hours reading and listening to podcast and RE research information.

-- I start with $5,000 and spend a few weeks looking for note brokers.-- Invest into a $5k note yielding 15% per year, or about $750 per year, $60 per month.-- Look for opportunities to recapitalize, either by raising private money (unlikely this early on) or "collateral assignment" loans to borrow at, maybe 7.5% while re-lending at 15%.-- I keep doing this until I go from $60 a month to $830 a month, which would take 28 investments assuming they were all $5k notes yielding net 7.5%.

We bought some rural land 4 years ago and have been spending more and more time there on the weekends. 

This past experience really got me interested in real estate.I travel a lot for my current job, which I enjoy, but I hope to one day have the freedom to create my own schedule, wealth, and be able to have more time to spend with my family and friends.