Buy and hold investing is soooo slow, to the point its boring, so with this way I try giving some sort of interest.

Beautiful area.My problem is, I read a lot, slow in action.

I have had the slow and steady mentality but am looking to ramp things up significantly and become quite frustrated at times.

I was ready to hire a real estate agent to find a tenant, but she was slow (never got me to sign, probably forgot). 

James,Sorry for the slow response, but welcome to Bigger Pockets.

Same thing with Chemical Bank up here they are slow and delay the process.

We started with a slow flip of our personal residence and then purchased a three family in Boston and lived in and renovated that. 

These articles definitely give you a macro perspective of the entire metro because there were definitely areas of Sacramento that were red hot with absolutely no slow down or price decreases.

I'm more after slow growing cash flow than an immediate profit.I'm presently researching all I can on asbestos but wanted to ask:Have you had a property that had asbestos?

My biggest losses over the years have almost always come from not slowing down sooner in whatever project I was involved in and *taking care of business*!