Actually just about EVERYONE offers some kind of customer service or tech support by e-mail -- that's hardly a special feature of Connected Investors.

I want to build a portfolio and business big enough so I can say good bye to the FD. 

@Chris Quinn how many students are they projecting at their peak?

Also in SOME areas such as mine, houses are still way below the peak.

My reasoning behind buying rentals in Florida and no longer in Colorado can be found in an earlier thread here. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/27...Basically prices in Colorado have made it very tough to cash flow and I am starting to think they may be near the peak as well, at least in my area. 

If they move out on your duplex bye...bye rent.

Take a peak into Tampa BayI think the biggest hack since you're not a FL resident is to use a 2nd home loan with only 10% down to buy something.

We bought at peak interest rates, not because we were naive, but because the timing was right for our family.10% down, $370k cost,  we will gross about $57k our first year.

Buying another property would be great but my parents fear that we are at the peak of the market.

Yes, you can earn high yield most the time, you could have a mediocre return, you could buy at the peak and suffer a recession, and you could lose money.