friend of mine owns a big PM company in PHX AZ  he is seeing this happening now.. my worry ( and I voted for Trump) is losing labor..the Hispanic labor is by far the best labor for the money out here.. out in the deep south same thing.. they show up work and do decent work.. you get the locals in the deep south and its anything but.So even if we bring jobs back home for Americans most Americans simply are not skilled laborers they don't know how to do what our Hispanic work force does... they simply don'tSo I am torn..

Looking to partner with a good friend of mine who is a GC in the area.

I'm here to learn.About:Name: Frank Tore Thornæs, you can call me "Tore".Age: 28From: Trondheim, NorwayJob: Incident Manager, for a retail systems software companyI'm basically a nerd with a passion for FinTech, finance, investing and politics.My "finance hobby" started with Cryptocurrency mining in early 2013, and I've been invested in Bitcoin ever since.How did I get into real estate?

There are two fences side by side, mine is straight and goes from the ally down to about 10 ft from my house.

I have over 400 foreclosure/pre foreclosure leads that I got from a realtor friend of mine.

The passive investor will need some good luck.My first buy n hold that was mine was from 2003 (my family has had buy n hold since the late 1970s)and I have a fairly good paying 9-5 job so I did not start from scratch. 

They provides bad leads and expect you to turn them into a gold mine.

@Ned Carey, I wonder if your area is comparable to mine, so do you typically request about double what you paid for people you know and 2x+ for others?

Currently mines around $150..up from $115...GL

Mine are simply apartments that are in a decent area of town...and people stay here on vacation or to visit people!