The better the deal the greater margin of safety.

I agree with John, get involved, but you better start with the basics and learn various ways of making a deal rather than doing one program.

I read an article recently that focused on Reno, Las Vegas, Bakersfield and Detroit basically saying the purchase price to rental price was great.There is a new CA agent that just joined our office who is from Las Vegas and has been doing seminars at our office on investing in Vegas SFR and Condos and renting them.

William Nickerson's 50 year old books are classics today because the basic principles still work.

It included the phrase: "the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property... and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."

Basically, you need to spend (IIRC on all of this) three midnights in a hospital you can get skilled nursing benefits for a short period of time. 21 days comes to mind, but I'm not sure.

Hi Jennifer,Um, basically I got all my info by asking questions on this site.

For Josh, the activity must look basically like the "recent forums" tab on BP!

It is important to get one on one time because you are basically interviewing for the house.

So, while I thought I was a pretty good salesman, I realized I didn't have a clue that I was following many of the basics of the art until I was in insurance.