No one is bailing me or my neighbors out, and we're not frequenting the malls as before, so the mall stores are failing.

A case in point is private notes, which we use frequently in our portfolio because they can be obtained on terms more favorable than what a borrower gets borrowing from professional lenders like banks.

This is a great conversation and something I frequently ponder.

While overseas, we had tax-free income from frequent deployments, we used the DoD 10% savings to boost our down payments, we used extra duty pays, family sep pay, and COLA to scrape together funds with which to invest. 

That is one of the more frequently asked and answered questions on the site.

@Kyle TunallYes, contracts may be assigned (if so designated in the contract) - we do this frequently to place a property into a new/different holding company at Close.  

Those neighborhoods that I am more versed in now after learning what rents are I frequent more often. 

Here @ BP, there's lots of vicarious experiences and a person with your skills will be able to glean the nuggets herein.Stick with it because persistence is frequently rewarded well.

I've seen RVs, tiny houses and school bus houses advertised on Airbnb and they seem to be booked frequently.  

I frequently hear Denver is a hot market for instance.