Question 2: How long is a lender allowed to hold onto a property before it becomes a regulatory problem and they are truly forced to clear it from the books?

The best book I've found on it is...Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth By T.

But as you car guys say I am "back of book" when it comes to what I would like to know about REI.

Most landlords are self trained from books and experience.

I did read your book by the way.

I've tried in the past, and found that I'm generally too soft on tennants to be a good landlord, but I'd like to re-evaluate that situation and build a book of income property, so I'm hoping to glean some advice and possibly some practical solutions to address my landlord shortcommings before I jump back in to that segment of REI.I hope that gives a little more detail on me, and again I appreciate the warm welcome thus far.

So I can't see any homes during the week in my area.I've done enough book reading to know that it would be unwise to quit my job and do real estate full-time now.

I have read a few books and done time on the internet researching to how to's.

I picked up a couple of books and already finished one - ABCs of Real Estate Investing is a good newbie book if any other newbies care - easy read, and provided some basic guides to determine property profitability, though you can probably find the same info on this forum in one form or another.

Interesting book.