good morning my name is Melvin and I am a  Custodian with some cash flow and I am looking to see if I can be successful in the real estate industry

Good Morning BP,About 2 years a light bulb clicked for me.

Good morning Christopher,I'm a licensed agent in Houston, but I recently had a baby and she had a brain bleed and had to have some surgeries.  

No matter how old we are, we all need a purpose for waking up in the morning. 

I just bought Brandon Turner's book about creative financing and started reading it this morning. 

This link has good info. http://www.anthonyforest.com/assets/pdf/sfpa-heade... your link actually helped, thank u. i was not more detailed in my OP because i really do not know what information is needed to make that decision, sorry about that.its a 1 story brick home, the wall runs down the middle of the house. the wall is about 20' long and i assume the studs are 16" on center. i want an opening of around 8ft or so.based on what chad posted, i am going with the roof ridge beams as the closest match. i am a mechanical engineer, but have never done these calculations in school, so it's a little difficult to admit i need another engineer's help. :)

They have built 2 new elementary and 1 new middle school in recent years, and renovated the high school as well. 

Good Morning Bigger Pockets Community! 

There are always TOPS and Bottoms and Middles in the financial cycles. 

The gas line for my two-family ended in the middle of my home so I was the last house on the street that is able to convert.