And it's really bad when there is no violation, just weeds, dead grass, garbage cans everywhere, trailers, even had one guy who collected aluminum cans and bought tons of yard sale stuff to resell and kept it all in his yard.

I don't drink and I'm not a party goer so I'll only ask that you keep your hands out of the wetbar if it is indeed stocked.

I think it is a nice diversification to invest in stocks and securities and not just real estate.

I would suggest that you stay away from stocks.

We used to own several rentals in the mid 90's, but my husband kept complaining about having to fix things ourselves on a weekend or emergency, but he didn't want to just let me hire people as it was more expensive, and he kept saying the stock market would make us much more money for less headaches, no chance of being sued by a stock, etc., so we sold all but one (liked that one too much to let him sell it), and invested heavily in the stock market.

And as far as REIT’s go, after the election and the way the stock market has reacted to this new deal I’m excited to see what the DOW REIT index will do in 2013.

His mom was heavy in to the the drug scene and hung out with the band members from the group Grateful Dead!

He is dead on the money.Would you pay full asking price for a 19 unit that at full price was just under a 3% CAP RATE?

Corporations are controlled by ownership of stock and LLC's are usually controlled by percentage of ownership as well.

He has been fantastic- we have some great retirement investments and are 200% better saving for the future now than before.Only issue- he has been dead-set against any real estate investing.