Out of curiosity how does one prove she's there longer than 5 days without spending far to much effort to actually stake out the place?

I don't make any special effort.

Educating yourself will certainly bring you to the best decision... its all about the time and effort you put into it.Keep doing your thing!

I say that because the time and effort you are using to do that could be better spent using the free time you have now to go to meet ups, reading a book or analyzing a deal.The stability you have now is also attractive to banks, if you change jobs it will be harder to get loans that way, harder still if you take a job for less money.

Renatus is a fool proof idea to get people to leverage their existing mortgages (or other ways for capital) for the 20K capital in an effort to recoup with future deals.

@Jay HinrichsI appreciate your efforts to keep the out of state investors out of Texas!!

And wants nothing to do with any kind of effort besides giving money and expecting a return.

I will probably start to make a serious effort at finding opportunities for myself after the holidays, but in the meantime if there are any small jobs you want some help with let me know.

It doesn’t take that much more effort to HOST than it does to simply ATTEND and the rewards for HOSTING are exponentially greater.

Whether it is worth the time and effort is a personal choice.