My long term goal is to invest in single family homes in growing markets (Atlanta, Austin, Nashville are some of my interests), and hire a property manager.Question part - From everything I learned from books/podcasts/forums, I should start local and manage my own properties so I learn the business.

I am working on various strategies but I'd really like to grow my understanding of the ins and outs of private money.

Not sure it would be a popular enough topic, but construction/development would interest me.Or maybe, single family vs multifamily, commercial.

However, when the economy recovers, I am concerned that the increase in prices will cause these cash flowing properties to grow less and less.

Owning our own home, growing old in it, and retiring off of it!

Depending on the chain they have a selected broker handling their growth and searches for them.The restaurant also has a builder that does spec work for them.Not all restaurants have free standing and some only have in line models.You have to see what the product mix is for the area.Example if 20 pizza places are in a 2 mile radius the saturation rate might be to high for a particular restaurant.They look at demographics,price for the land,required easements,traffic flow for time of day whether they are mainly a lunch driven business or dinner.Shape of the parcel for architectural work,flow,and what model of restaurant they can build there.Example a franchise has 3 size models.Data for the area suggest the biggest model.Your parcel would only fit their smallest building.In that case they might see about buying another parcel to increase size or find another location.Chain restaurants usually lease the space so they can free up capital to keep growing locations and their brand.

What forms of rent payment do you accept? What is the most common method used by your tenants? (cash, personal check, e-check, autopay, credit card, cashiers check, etc.)

Without your help, this site doesn't grow, the knowledgebase doesn't increase, the deal making and partnership opportunities don't exist.

I don't intend to violate any laws so I will figure out other ways to grow my company.

I tell tenants that pay partials I work with them as long as the late fee is paid and they are caught up in week 2 to 3.It's better for me than going a few months without rent and reconditioning the place.To be clear I DO NOT tell them it is okay to pay late each month NOR do I let the balance keep growing past what is owed for that current month.