There is a meeting tonight and I look forward to seeing the regulars and meeting all the new folks from MA, NH, RI that make it to the meetup.

So, mentors do have their place and I've personally benefitted from the right relationships, however my experience with an overwhelmingly high percentage of students is that way too few produce anything profitable, so I insist on vetting by way of substantial up front training investment, for starters.

It looks like a regular fireplace to me, but I'm imagining some flimsy sheet-metal style chimney or something :-/Thoughts?

I DO understand the 'personal side' of my regular income vs debt..... but not the rental business side.Let's say I had a building worth 100K, with a 75K loan, 16.5K of income, 8,25K of Operating Expenses, 5K of Debt Service for a Cash Flow of about 3.25K a year.How does a lender look at that?

One idea is that you can form a Skype group with others by networking and having regularly scheduled chats.

Since I can't qualify with my regular income, will my investment property allow my to get another?

The Lender (Mortgagee) in the deal is who will produce the paperwork.

He said that the value of the property went down and that if it was to be sold at today's value, the income from the tenat would cover all expenses and produce a postive cash flow of approximately $200 per month.

In that space Red-1 digital cameras, high end DSLRs and GoPro cameras are giving producers flexibility they never had.

I have worked with her and she works with several investors on regularly.