On the other hand, this is my only rental property, and I must confess I'm not entirely skilled at finding new deals (which is why I'm trying to learn) and I'm not really seeing any in Charlottesville that I'm dying to jump on at the moment.Any thoughts?

He felt better about it hearing me praise the efforts he had made to try to fix the place up, and I felt better hearing him say "in a way, this is a huge relief because I just didn't have the money or skills to fix it up".

You may want to take advantage of the fact that you are in different areas of the country and select one of those areas.A partnership of the same skills, in many cases, makes a partnership unnecessary (or makes for slow growth).  

I have a graphic design degree and will be happy to provide samples of my work to anyone who would be interested in working with me.I have been wanting to run through the deal analysis parts in order to start developing that skill.

I am sure you will use those poker skills with some of your future deals.

A middle ground to consider would be to find an experienced and well respected builder and offer a JV deal to them where you supply the property, they supply the skill, experience, labor, and materials, and you agree to a reasonable split of the profits.

Develop the skills to identify good buys on a consistent basis. 2.

Using that data allows you to grow and get more efficient over time, increasing your leads while cutting your costs.PPC has two fundamental weaknesses: difficulty and cost.Difficulty: While I believe firmly that anyone can learn to run an effective motivated seller PPC campaign (I teach people to do this every day), it's still a technical skill that can be overwhelming to people.

You tell them you will find another deal as good or better than the example.It's called raising capital, its a really great skill to master!

Boy, one might think this is a broken record, but this year has been a year of building some knowledge and skills that will provide useful in this business.