I purchased an SFH 13yrs ago as a buy and hold but wish I had kept the momentum and continued to figure out how to buy more because now in my mid 40's with meager savings and a large family to support, I feel like I have a lot of catching up to be ready for retirement in 20yrs. 

We were looking at houses to live in about 2 years ago and one house had a cemetery in the front yard, dating back to the mid 1800's up to 1986 being the last one buried there.

@Aaron Montague that's the first thing I thought of however:1- Any contract or notice (say 30 days notice) isn't valid until I actually own the property and the closing isn't until mid/end July.2- That falls under option 1 which is pretty much going out with guns blazing

My real "wakeup call was " in 2007, when I was talking to other investors from the Baltimore city/County, and they had told me their homes went down to the same price as they purchased those properties 15 20 year ago) Some of the houses they purchased ten years ago for low $60s, are now 5-6 year later worth in the mid $60s $70s at the same time I purchased some of my properties out here in the AA County(HO county is the same or better) for low$100s and they worth low $300s now.

At least right now the bright side is it's mid year.

Same with ceilings.I would do this if this was a higher end sale potential, but would not do this for a mid-range rental.Just my thoughts

The property manager stopped him mid speech and said to be careful on what he is saying.

Currently I am in the process of getting my real estate license and should be licensed by mid Sept.

Of course I still plan on using other market strategies as needed, I plan on making sure every patient has a chance at walking out the door with a business card in hand :) P.S. the people who are hardcore yardsalers are also mostly of low/low-mid class origin, thus often being the kind who may need a quick exit strategy on a home due to a backfired mortgage/biting off more than they can chew.

Hello BP,New investor here looking for an awesome real estate agent that has experience in the Mid Cities (Euless, Bedford, Hurst) Keller, Colleyville and Arlington.