How many knew that the ARELLO was an organization of law making officials that influence RE?

It was a package deal and it took me much longer to find my first deal so by the time I had the deal, my mentoring was over 'officially' but they did continue to help me a bit.A really good mentor will tailor a program for you and not just put you in their cookie cutter program.

Taking your current $50K a year example, when you add things like health insurance, retirement plan and employer paid taxes, you are closer to a $75K number than the $50K number.

As of now, I have no experience in REI but believe it offers a great opportunity to improve my financial health.

We are looking to basically provide a custom home building experience to redeveloped historical (some officially others just in old neibhorhoods) urban houses by providing the same level of service that a high quality custom builder provides to their clients.

I'd want to fully understand the condo regime, the health and governance of the association, my risk and responsibilities.

Yes, the tenants are a different breed but you can also find some overzealous local city and county officials who can make mobile home parks a pain to run.The Dodd Frank bill changes everything for anyone trying to seller finance and it could mean some ridiculous fees.

Not sure if that's an official investment term:) Investment wise, you would be better off in Reit at 6%.Thanks,Matt

It's official you are now on my unofficial Northern Colorado advisory board!

And now that you're "officially" here we'd love to see you be an active member of the BP community so be sure to set up Keywords Alerts for your local area such as "Goldsboro" or "Raleigh" if you're looking to find potential opportunities for investing, education in a subject, or other members in your area.