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My agent believes in Virtual staging with no open house and allow serious buyers to visit as they please.

Especially since I plan on using rental properties as my retirement strategy should I focus more o acquiring more rentals or just build a big retirement nest egg?

Take advantage of all the free resources this site offers you such as the blogs, podcasts, articles, and the extensive networking opportunities that are available here on BiggerPockets.

There's a myriad of niches in real estate investing.Once you discover a niche you feel comfortable with, then take advantage of the free resources available on the site. 

I also own the web site Mr Land Trust .com and someone else copyrighted it so now I am in a legal dispute and have taken the site down until it is resolved. 

@Alan Hamilton listsource.com is a great site to buy a list to start out. 

We will be visiting Des Moines mid-July to check out neighborhoods, etc.

After 6 visits 4 of wich were the same tech, you'd assume they realize that one person was unable to move the stacked unit, the same stacked unit from the first visit...

Actually one question, for investment clubs.. can I find them on this site?