We listed & sold ours mid winter, snow on the ground, because a partner bailed & delayed the completion by 3-4 months.

We are in our mid twenties, and have heard several about people investing with tons of debt, and vice versa.

Hello BP, I have a question regarding an owners liability while holding an empty lot in a residential neighborhood.The lot is between two properties and is in a run down area (Low to mid C).

It just won't appreciate as fast as Chicago or other up-and-coming mid sized cities.   

Home ownership rates always seem to hover in the mid 60 percent range, which means 30-something percent of the households in the US are renters. 

During this time, I’ve worked entry level, mid & SR level.

Had a $9k new roof lesson learned because of it....short story long... in process of Billy joe Bob cousin who went to replace the A/C unit mid transaction just got yee oldy swamp cooler from Home Depot and slapped it on the roof.

There’s Nothing New Under the Sun, @Benjamin Hurwitz.Shills and straw buyers were popular and quite common in the mid-2000’s to inflate the price of properties, when it was easy to obtain a mortgage and walk away with the large cash profit.

From doing my preliminary searching it seems I can get started for very limited funds ($30,000) in some neighborhoods in the mid west.

I always say that if you can survive the mid-size property phase of your career you'll survive anything.