No dangerous breeds deemed by the county and we also have to meet the dog during interview process.

Owners of dangerous breeds need to own their homes.

My target market is part of the sales territory for my sales job.Currently I have closed four deals and have two more signed with a buyer and seller that should be closing within the next month.My spouse has Bachelors in Marketing and a MBA but has predominantly been a stay at home Wife/Mom since my son was born who are now 7.

To be honest, the 100k mark was to be able to "enter the territory" in a low-risk way on a SFR property to generate $300 - $400 extra a month and then get the ball rolling.

Sad to see it go but can easily see the danger it presented.

The dangers of lead-based paint had begun to circulate by the late 1800s and early 1900s, so some manufacturers stopped using lead in paint earlier than others.With an internet search, I found this brief chronological history of the use of lead-based paint in the United States:* Use of white lead began in the Colonial times and ultimately peaked in 1922.* In 1951, Baltimore banned the use of lead pigment in interior paint in Baltimore housing – the first such restriction in the country.* In 1955, the industry, working with public health officials and organizations, adopted a voluntary national standard to prohibit, in effect, the use of lead pigments in interior residential paints.* Through the 1950s and 1960s, the use of exterior lead-based paint declined significantly, and ended by the early 1970s.* In 1971, the federal Lead Poisoning Prevention Act was passed.* In 1978, the federal government banned consumer uses of lead paint.

I think it can be a pretty dangerous road to buy highly priced properties in marginal areas.

I look at this whole process and compartmentalize it, wanting to know the most dangerous errors in each step as I take them.If you are someone with experience locally and dealt with someone that worked out great for you, assuming it is not against forum rules, I'd appreciate references as well.Thank you again guys/gals!

And any tips or advice is welcome because this is unknown territory for me.

The new government in DC is barely 60 days old.Yet one of the most noticeable early goals it has set for itself is the repeal of Dodd-Frank.Although this law is more complex than most people seem to think,it might be worth your while as a real estate investor to google it and familiarize yourself with some of what it does and doesn't.Those BP members who were in the game in 2006-2008 understand that Real Estate can be a blood sport.We like to beat up on stocks.We like to say an entire stock portfolio can be wiped out by some extenuating circumstances while real estate is tangible and can be driven to,visited and touched.However,thanks to NINA and NINJA loans (google them),real estate proved every inch as dangerous as stocks in 2006-2008.At least when most people own stocks,it's usually almost all their own capital.When mortgages go bad,you not only lose your own equity,but now you own a ginormous amount of money to a lender who must foreclose on you.Bankruptcy may follow as value add.I feel it's my responsibility as an experienced investor to throw this out here at this time in our national political journey for those newbies who keep salivating over all these tempting threads on BP about "so and so" buying "150 units in 12 months".Now more than ever,it's extremely important to learn from the bitter lessons of the not too distant past.leverage is a two-edged sword.The wise ensure they purchase a sheath as well.The new government's policy post-repeal of Dodd-Frank (if it's that easy) may well birth an unprecedented job growth explosion and asset appreciation that we never have to worry about rental units vacancies again.But experience tells every savvy investor that is a pie-in-the-sky expectation.So what is my company doing to prepare for what is to come?