I live in an apartment, which lease is up in September, and I'm looking at trading my rent for a mortgage.There are a lot of routes to take when looking at an owner-occupant: I could because a landlord living in a duplex, I could buy a property in which I want to live for the long term, or I can buy a fixer-upper. 

She has great people skills and will be great at making sure all of the projects stay on time and on budget. 

If you do not know what those even are it will be pretty easy to make a mess of things.Frankly you are headed in that direction, note trades do not generally have earnest money deposits.

@John Chapman @Jenkins Ramon Thanks guys@Andrew Tuquilar While I have the skill-set to do everything except electrical, I tend sub everything out as I'm rocking my full time gig and this is more evenings and weekend fun for me.  

Start with small properties and over time acquire more and/or trade up for larger multi-unit properties.

It takes skill and judgment, which you gain as you learn more.

Scenery-wise and outdoor opportunities-wise, these are amazing areas for a vacation, and probably vacation rentals, once the majority of the pot trade fades. 

Barter means to trade goods or services (or anything basically) without using money.     

The trade-off is that I can be available for my kids during the week when they need me…and I’m grateful for that.

I am an accountant by trade so I love QB, but I'm at 147 units now and I need something that can help manage the non-accounting side of my business.