There is some percalating activity now (mainly a new $2B national geospacial agency development that is being built over all of those City owned lots) but things are still extremely depressed.

It happens every Monday like clockwork.Tampa REIA Main Monthly Meeting - this one costs $20 / visit or the $100 annual fee.

This does present a hurdle to RE investors when they are first starting out because most of these new RE investors  do not have much excess cash to cover a large capital expense (or even a moderate cap expense). 

I'm in San Jose working with a youth corps programs that is starting to do Tiny Home construction and we are reviewing all the regs etc for California -- the hope/goal is to make quality homes to service our homeless population then the community then eventually FEMA etc...These will be on trailers - Our approach will be to approach members in the community who would like to have the extra rental income by having on elf these on their property -- no doubt there's a lot of hurdles ahead of us but we have a record of building/construction - the challenge will be the market and regulations  which I guess always is the case....

Bathroom: This category is for the main bathroom.

coming out of Comfort Zone is major hurdle...As Gary Keller's quote on his book... " Anyone Can Do it...Not everyone will..."

Were there any hurdles you had to leap because the money came from outside the U.S.

I've yet to attend a meeting yet but this group is one of the main two in DFW, and the less known little secret of the two.

I am under contract for a property and will be converting the garage to a cottage, I will also be adding updates to add value to the main house.

Mainly for my brother to live there and commute to school.