.- You determine ARV by finding recent sales of similar style, size and location.

I for one do enjoy the loose interview style and the attempts at jokes.

- if you want to own rental property in the area where you live, sometimes it's very difficult to hit the returns that some investors are achieving in their own neck of the woods.

I believe that real estate is the best way for your average person to achieve the goals I am aiming for.I bought an investment property in 1988 and had a horrible experience with tenants not paying rent.While I am now interested in getting back into R.E. investing, I never, ever will do anything that involves tenants!

With proper equity cushion that can be mitigated and even in a FCL a decent return can be achieved.

Frankly if these are gut jobs I would want to achieve much higher than a 10 cap for my time.

So I was wondering if there was the equivalent of an investment adviser/broker but for real estate investments that I can go to to work with me to achieve these investments.

Whatever is more achievable for you.

I have witnessed and been the victim of many actions by the board I would consider questionable, if not downright irresponsible.Our board engages in practices that are not in the best interest of the HOA members and I'm very curious if there are any "HOA Watch" style sites that allow the establishment of a forum SPECIFIC for a particular HOA community where the members can collectively compile and share information that is otherwise known by individuals only.

My "business" is the accumulation of income producing assets which will help my family achieve financial security and leave a legacy for my family and for the causes we believe in.