I myself have one of those "Cadillac plans" but I recognize that many Americans simply cannot afford it or any other reasonable plan.

But, just as with mountain climbing, in the world of investing you should recognize that your first climbs or deals should be treated as a learning experience and should accordingly be quite small in stature.

From age 29 to 58, I was basically retired and raised my 6 kids.That was taken from here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/12/15/meet-the-investor-interview-with-real-estate-investor-rich-weese/Not that the advice is bad - I agree with the advice completely; just trying to be clear on what actually transpired in your story.

You would need to pull tax records for properties in the vicinity to see if they are legally recognized as triplexes.

Looking for successful property managers to interview for a book I am writing on Property Management.

Good luck getting a job, let me know what its like if you get an interview or go hand them your resume. thanks.

I assume you have done all your due diligence, to include interviewing the property management company.

(Note: You can interview them using skype.

I was listening to NPR the other morning and they interviewed a fella that racked up over $100,000 in credit card debt.So he shocked me -- he cut his expenses to the bone, then got a second job at night cleaning floors and paid off all that debt!

Peter, if you are ever in need of a quality interview for your show, I am more than willing and capable.