Look at the crime ring around the area in a 2 miles radius.

-You're going to find women over 30 sexy someday-Remember all that work you did over 5.5 years to get three engineering bachelor degrees and a master's degree?

You mean the three Brians, @Brian Gibbons?? 

Im looking at three homes in one area that I found,  one just went on the foreclosure list and the other two are just sitting empty.

After a two hour priceless lesson, and looking at his 200 binders of statistics on every city and township throughout two counties, I was working on closing my first deal with him. 

Call three agents and get quotes. 

This is especially important if you won't be able to save as much.If you decide this deal is too expensive for you tastes, and don't want to offend your family friend by selling the deal, consider a three way deal between yourself, the current owner, and a partner.If you pass on this deal, you might want to consider looking outside of Midtown to build some equity.

As we grow our business the cost and time to manage the repairs on the properties is also growing. i.e. our phone rings a lot. 

Turns out they don't pay you according to hours spent in the classroom or in front of a computer reading, and I have a wife and three kids to support.  

So the question I asked myself when mailing was how many time I wanted my phone to ring that week.