Still, the 2% rule of thumb remains achievable in most of Baltimore. 

.” – Leonardo da VinciEveryone has to start somewhere right…"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon HillThe reasons that I am reaching out to you are as follows:I look into everyone’s profile and for lack of a better word immediately “envied” the ways in which many of you have gone about presenting yourselves, your current objectives, and also your short term & future goals tooI only want to pattern my business & it’s practice after extremely successful examplesSince rejoining the community of BP I have been constantly & consistently blown away by the quality & quantity of advice and or assistance that is given by others in this community of investors & other real estate professionalsMy gut told me that this is the best site for this outcry and to definitely take full advantage of this platform It was made instantly clear to me that I would learn a great deal from all of you.

Your goals are very reasonable and achievable so keep reading, learning, and engaging on BP.  

But that's only because all of those hair brained ideas died out because of obvious reasons, they were just not realistically achievable goals.

I am working with one of Michigan's biggest agencies...Real Estate One.....and they are working with me to achieve my goals.  

Your achievement is my next goal!

Thanks @Steve Vaughan.Just curious, what do you consider to be "not crazy" leverage (or how do you achieve it)?

Hi @Michael LuczkaHope you have set some SMART goals and created a list of tactical steps that will help you achieve your goals.

Sounds to me like a reasonable and achievable goal. 

There is a best way to do things but that isn't always the way to achieve your goal.