In addition to being new to RE, I live and work in Asia so I will have to rely heavily on a property manager.

Assuming I enter this market, I would be happy to offer some initial services heavily discounted to assist in my learning process. 

I invest and am heavily involved in the Detroit market.

The group offering the course invest heavily in the Baltimore, MD area, but I would like to focus on DC and Northern VA.

Are you finding them through referrals, area specific, or just doing recon on who is most heavily involved with moving REO's or short sale specialists?

Now, you could have a leaded shower head LOL and of course, your local city water mains are still all heavily leaded.Here is an interesting article to get info on.Plumbing and Mechanical article

I would have her prove that she paid these debts before accepting an ap.If you were to move forward  I assume you would  run parents credit too and see if it is good.You weigh this car heavily as you mention the luxury car twice.

Jaime Brame Hey JaimeWe are primarily in OKC but have expanded to the Tulsa market this year pretty heavily.

You can let them hit you in the gut, weigh on you heavily, and cause you to recede so you won't encounter another setback.Or, you can step back, look at the situation unemotionally, and assess what exactly happened.

@Kenneth HuddlestonYes, I gather that you are reading heavily but my question is: What sort of ACTIONS are you taking to bring this plan of yours to fruition?