I'm willing to do the hard work, but I'm just short on the knowledge and guidance to make money.Brian,I was out at the local store and his house was on the way so I swung buy to check out the outside condition of the property.

, including U-haul, all deposits for a rental (they're probably going to move in a year or so anyway and may not be done cranking out babies), storage unit rental for the junk stored in the shed, cable and utility hook-up etc.

I just changed one out with my old man - neither of us are plumbers of any sort btw - and it took us a grand total of 1 1/2 hrs including trips to the hardware store.

They also eat at restaurants and shop at stores.

Renting furniture for $120 a month is a separate business.

i am always intrigued when I check out the magazine section of a book store and the only investing rags are those that focus on stocks and equities.

Jeffrey, if you are going to make the jump to commercial, really make the jump: shopping center, medical building, office building, retail stores, storage building.Get away from the residential tenants.

That's like burning down a jewelry store to steal the melting gold.

Many offices and stores have them to keep their staff from playing with the thermostats.

Behind that building was a nice brick building used for storing records, free standing about the size of a large garage with a roll up door on one side and entry door on the other.