All of my adult working life I've been stuck and complacent in the customer service/retail/sales industry (not the rewarding kind of sales).  

There just aren't that many duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in my home market and those that are here are sky high due to the rebounding oil industry in Midland, TX which makes this market behave like a boomtown.

Also for local hard money I might suggest  @Bob Green  I have met with him personally there in Chicago.. he knows the industry..

We have been pushing for more licensing to remove the one time realtor / managers from screwing up our industry and profession of choice.  

I would also recommend focusing on a specific segment of the industry -- i.e. discount retail, fast food, banks, drugstores, etc. -- and farming that within a few dynamic trade areas across the country, as opposed to taking a "shotgun" approach and trying (likely futilely) to master everything.  

I have been involved in various areas of construction for over 20 years, with the last 5 being primarily spent as a project manager in the temperature control (HVAC) industry.

Type - If you're investment is residential you can move it into industrial, commercial, raw land, etc.  

In that time, I have worked with clients in over a dozen different industries, and with many of the major technology companies in this area, including Intuit software.  

Rent Control LA TIMES COSTA HAWKINS and 1506Rent control lead to blight in the innercities of South Central LA Get word out to home owners, realtors, property managaers, plumbers, contractors, housing industry, people who like strong local economies, people who own houses or duplexes to vote no on rent control

As of now the preference is for medical office space but professional office, industrial, and retail uses will also be strongly considered.