Just trying to be consistent, and when someone says "please contact me", we take that as a solicitation.

This is really a unique thing about BP, and I believe by having a private forum for PRO member will not be consistent with what BP was truly started for.I think a better way to generate revenues for BP is marketing, by opening up the website to some creditable advertisers.

This is consistent with decreasing the volatility of your equity portfolio as you age too....which is what most portfolio designers preach.Of course....there are those on BP that claim this is non-optimal and that these people are not "serious businessmen."

This should make for a consistently and reliably maintained property, but a fluctuating income stream.But since I am new myself, I would like to know different strategies out there.

The key is to be consistent.

But let work through an example of using $50K for down payment and buying a $200K apartment building that consists of eight $25K units.

Since i am from NY they seemed like the perfect fit for me as they take care of the rehab and management of the property so I am pretty much hands off and from the looks of it day 1 i will see a small cash flow of about $200-$300.My goal is to buy and hold and build a consistent monthly income.

My wife and I were there over the new year holidays, her first time in US, so she was most happy that her trip consisted mostly of seeing properties with me!

How many stock investors do you know who can tout such consistant returns?

One wholesaler in our area who actually consistently has properties gets quite a few of his deals from HUD.