I have been interested for sometime in REI, but haven't brought myself to making that initial leap of faith.My future goal would be to possess a few nice buy and hold properties while taking a stab at rehabbing down the road.

I served with several people who used their time in the military and their travels to invest in multiple markets, adding some diversity to their portfolio of properties...this is one thing you can consider if you are able to handle not being close to the properties all the time.I am not sure what the market is like there in Charleston, but if it is good that could present a new starting point for you.

We are also having extremely nice weatherPlease provide some generic information on your 1st rehab :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~work still in process , number of rental units , buy / hold purpose or quick flip , purchased property off probate or REO , our you part of your local rei club group, etcRegardless ,, welcome a board

(nice one Bill)In regards to jumping into commercial.

Despite being a very nice guy I got the feeling he was looking down his nose a bit at me and my naiveté.This news took the wind out of my sails a bit.

Nice Job Tony, looks like a quality Job.

Plus, in both cases I was coming to the end of my rehab/make ready and didn't have enough free time left to do them myself so it was nice just being able to call a guy I was already familiar with and let him take care of the measuring, ordering, and install.

Nice!

Jon, In the city of Baltimore a nicely renovated row house with 3-4 bedrooms, 1000-1300 Sq Ft.

In southern California, as you know, million dollar properties can be a tiny old fixer, or if further from coast, a nice house.