Notes sound like a good idea as well but I have not got the time to dive very deep into learning about them yet.Here is some of the things I have done in the past month.I have read the books Rich Dad Poor Dad, Cash Flow Quadrant, Think and Grow Rich, Rich Dads Guide to Investing, Face the Fear Factor by Jack Miller, Flip Deals by Jackie Lange, and 5 Best Ways to Make Money with Real Estate.

KW is very agressive and growing into a tech company, committed to out-market and out-tool their competition. 

@Aaron Klatt - I know its not a get rich quick thing, Im in it for the long haul and I want to build a good foundation so I can grow.

I have started looking to other states and even to partnerships as well to help grow my portfolio and cash flows.

Duplex is in Walla Walla, SFH in Moses.Would like to grow my portfolio in Moses, keeping assets close and all...

Russell,Paying fees to refinance is part of the party to grow your portfolio.

It's really sort of six-in-one, half-dozen in the other, but they'd have to be willing to take unequal repayments, growing over the five years.

Without knowing the status of the project, I would like to add that you might be able to save some taxes if you sell your land to a closely held S-corp. if you dont do that, the appreciation in the land will be taxed as ordinary.

You can type in any city or even zipcode and it gives you all kinds of great info, household income, population, housing vacancy, housing stock age, mix of multifamily vs single family ect :https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtmlHUD produces occasional annual reports for most metros:https://www.huduser.gov/portal/ushmc/chma_archive.htmlThe Local County Website or city Municipal websites often have great research as well.Development is important in a growing metro because it shows you where people and business are moving.

So I have them in a ladder like rotation, the first 5 yrs I only have two balloon payments, but I have forecasted that I can afford 3 at year 7 and etc... as you pay off, your surplus grows and you get a snowball effect.