Now it's time to buckle down and save, pay off our debts, keep learning, and I want to start networking as well.

Unfortunately many people live their lives spending all of their money and not saving for their older years and then realize they have nothing to retire on.

A) I wanted to ask here first what people thought about Brantford as my first investment.B) I have $60,000CDN in savings.

Only interested in maximizing cash flow - you should look to invest in Ohio or other states that have minimal appreciation play.

I've been studying up for a long time and ready to take the plunge once I can save up some funds, unless I can find a good hard money lender willing to make a deal.I work in IT for the government, but my primary goal is to have enough properties that I can become FI and quit my day job to do this full time.

I would either find someone who has money to partner with or try to build up some savings.

After bills paid, I typically have around $300 to $400 left to spread out for savings monthly.

I've been saving up money and have been disappointed in the bank interest and thought there has to be a better way. 

The money you save by less frequent turnovers will beat the money you would earn by trying to stay at top of market pricing. .

Is it advisable to leave the pool as is, and save the fill cost of about $12K, or just fill it from a liability stand point?