For me I would rather be a little more active and generate higher returns but it definitively comes with more required understanding, more learning and more things to watch out for. 

Owe, and don't forget to watch all the BP Pod Cast.  

I am concerned about balancing family life with selling real estate, however-- I don't need to watch TV.  

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide is now course that you can now watch.

Just trying to get my mind wrapped around how to know how much equity you have post-rehab...Ok, I get it...I just watched the portion of "Using Fixer-Upper Rental Properties to Build Wealth!

The House has been on the auction for a while. we actually drove 500 miles to look at it and was a great house. it is one of those Hubzu Auctions so i know it will be alot of watching and not bidding and bidding etc..I asked the agent if she had any idea why it had not sold. she thinks its been vacant for a while. public records show it was foreclosed on in august. but she thinks it was vacant for a while before that. and it has been on the market before the foreclosure at around 255,000.

There is a foreclosed property I've been watching that is owned by "Secretary of Veterans Affairs".  

What I might need to ask when I go back, or watch our for? 

They don't want to lose money or watch you lose money, so explain how your market works and is operating and I'd bet they'd work with you.

Thanks in advance for the help,Alden SimpsonGreenville, SCHey Alden,I'm actually trying to accomplish this myself with my Podio Direct Mail Campaign Manager (you can go to my blog and watch my tutorials on how to set it up yourself).