Even though I probably don't have a lot I can help with on the REI front, I might be able to offer help in other areas such as new technologies, etc.Looking forward to meeting everyone!

However, if the answer is "no" to these questions, then expanding your search area is a smart idea.  

Not all of the milennial generation are lazy, in fact, many are extremely ambitious and out blazing the trails for all of us to go down in technology, construction, medicine, and so many things.

They'll probably push for 5-10 years, and imagine how much technology will change in 5-10 years!

Just not that smart. 

I need my husband to come home, recuperate from unrewarding employment, we need to be able to support our kids and ourselves and my dad (somewhat, he's got some pension), and we need to be smart and prepared.My sense tells me that my area is not necessarily a great place to start, so I'm looking at markets outside CA, but I'm going to use my town as a case study so I can become familiar with all the macro/micro analyses and learn how to communicate with the professionals in this area. 

But you the smart LL works around that, so a vacant unit rents for an artificially high rent due to market inefficiency.

Hello, I am fairly new to BP and i was wondering if it is smart to take out a Mortgage Loan against my condo and use that money to buy a triplex or fourplex in Texas?

I tried booking.com but their technology isn't up to snuff just yet and I have found their users shopping for a deal. 

Michael your asking the right questions and its smart of you to approach your relationship with a broker pragmatically.