Real estate is a numbers game, so if you can buy a property low enough, and it cash flows then do it.

Now I work a 9-5 in the IT field where I play different roles depending on the projects I'm needed for: programmer/ business analyst / team lead.

It's working well right now.I like word games, reading, playing with my wife and baby (in different ways, of course), and I like gadgets (PDA's, laptops, etc.).I got my bachelor's degree via distance learning in less than a year's study time (and it's a real degree, regional accreditation and all).

Real estate is simply a numbers game.

A good CPA is pretty essential game.

Banks play the classic game of monolopy when it comes to assignment contracts pushed by investors, contractors, and/or wholesalers. 

There is always the DISCLOSURE part that comes in to play with a license, an as an investor you want to get the most you can( not taking advantage of people) but just be the better negotiator :D .......

My skills are at the top of my game right now and I never worry about my competition because of this.Rich, you seem like a very worthy adversary, because I know neither of us would leave the sellers house without a signed contract or until they kicked us out.

Play by my rules or don't play at all.....

Anyway I am considering the possibility of getting back into the game.