Federal Pacific and Zinsco are no longer made, but I think Zinsco might have been bought by Sylvania, then maybe GE.I've never had either of the above fail.Even though neither are not made the US Government could still recall the product if the Consumer Product Safety deemed them hazardous.

Math wasn't a strongsuit in school so I'm definitely checking it over and over until I feel confident that I have a feel for how to do a preliminary screening and where the numbers should be to even warrant a closer look.I've seen a decent number of duplexes out there, but fewer triplexes or quads.

Unfortunately, brokers and bankers are the face of any bank when it comes consumer perception.

When fewer owners are trading/selling/buying, markets flat line or tumble.

If you form one or more companies and you finance your partners through the companies and your partners buy, rehab, and flip properties, you are not a mortgage business.The law frequently treats consumers differently from business persons.

I do my own maintenance so it's much more time consuming.

That number tells you that quality over quantity works and that it is much more time consuming and expensive to do one deal, lose a customer, and then pick up another new customer again.A qualified database of say 100 buyers with a bunch of money who can buy over and over again I will take any day over 2,000 contacts and 80% are junk and can't hardly do anything.

My goal is to build a small portfolio of rental properties that will generate enough cash flow to allow me to exchange my current 60+ hour per week job for one with lower pay but fewer hours.

Sorry, don't remember the author, I taught the class years ago.Actually, what I mentioned could easily be consumed in a few days, you only need an understanding so that you get a big picture and you'll see how things fall into place and the inter-relationships.What you need is a good small library.

However, it is a little more time consuming to manage because you need individual accounts for each LLC.You should hold as many properties in an individual LLC as you are comfortable with losing in a lawsuit.Also, with an LLC, I prefer to do a manager-managed, with me as the manager.