People who are looking to buy are looking to set down roots, maybe have a family - in short, they're probably looking to stay a while and will want to have a lot of bases covered right off the bat (whereas renters may be thinking they will move or buy elsewhere 'when the time comes' whatever the 'time' might be).

Stay engaged!

. - at least that's the topic for October.November will be a legislative update regarding seller financing and interior rental inspections and December is speed networking so you can meet a lot of people.

Read books on investing in real estate, listen to the podcasts, attend webinars and stay active on the forums while connecting with other investors in your area and pick a niche.

I had no issue with either but i wanted to peg it per month in case they stay more than 2 years.  

Read books on investing in real estate, listen to the podcasts, attend webinars and stay active on the forums while connecting with other investors in your area and pick a niche.

If all 10 homes go vacant and stay vacant long term, then the global apocalypse will have happened...there are just too many renters right now in the market for this to happen.2.  

I understand it, but just not sure I want to put it under contract until I know a little more about NNN and if it isn't he best way for relatively low involvement, protected cash flow.I'm staying away from fundrise and REITs at the moment.

When we first started purchasing run down properties we naively assumed that if we fixed them up they would become and stay well kept properties.  

I think the housing market will stay fair unless there is some major economic or World event that affects the overall economy negatively.