Oh my, thanks for a thoughtful post and the pointers to ponder over..

I think this thread offers up some great questions to ponder. 

I have pondered these questions and I though it would be interesting to get thoughts from other investors.

hrm alot to ponder on thanks.

Being a traveling executive (relocated many times in the US) I have discovered that there can be great struggle when trying to find homes to rent. Options apart from the commercially listed rental homes/appartments on...

Pondering if he should use rentreporter.com or similar to get this on his TU as a paying tradeline.

She says, "I don't want to spend any more money on this house"...so I'm left to ponder how I can help her see that spending more money to get this to happen is actually to her benefit!

I love virtually taking walks through the neighborhood with Google Maps, I subscribe to the Wichita Falls online paper, they list Matter of Record like deed recordings with the price paid or what's owed if its a repo, just one more piece to ponder in the puzzle.Also im googling owners names, and I do find out more than I had planned..I do feel like a stalker sometimes..lolAnd It is NOT to late!!!   

Hey guys,My name is Sam and i've been pondering the idea of becoming a real estate investor for several years but because of my past situations and fear i never took the plunge.

@Autumn Allen a few questions to ponder before going further...Can you really raise rents?