I wish I had read it in my 20's and I am tryi g to get my kids to read it so they don't fall into the rat race trap!

I found this book called "Real Estate Development Workbook and Manual" By Howard A Zuckerman & George D Blevins its a like 700+ pg book and the book was printed in the 90's and fundamental literature seems to be on par with lots of things but un experienced person like myself I dont know whats old school and new school. 

I am a product of private schools myself (although it as back I the 70's!) and

@Brandon Turner pointed out that some of the Midwest markets only raise rent by about 1% or so on average whereas some of the coastal markets might rise by 5% or higher on average.

We could get something on the ocean beach or in a coastal town, along the Puget Sound or San Juan Islands, on a secluded lake, in a resort lake town, in the mountains, out in the woods, something in wine country, somewhere in sunny Eastern Washington. . . we could buy an existing home or a large piece of land and build a cabin (or three); the possibilities seem endless right now, which is causing my head to spin.I am very much looking forward to starting on this journey and learning from, and contributing to this site.

Investment Info:

Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Santa Monica.

Purchase price: $3,700,000

Cash invested: $2,000,000

I buy properties at fair prices in excellent locations f...

We run into a lot of 80's and 90's oak and melamine buying rentals.

Parts of South Bethlehem I've gone through a big development stage near the Lehigh University area and Sands Casino.

Apologies if this is either a dumb newbie question(s) and/or wrong forum, but I'm new to BP and looking for experienced advice.

My mom lives on Sand Mountain almost exactly between Huntsville and Chattanooga.