I'm an oil and gas analyst turned RE agent I'm writing a book and starting a vlog just on my FB to try and educate people on both mindset of being an investor and what one needs to do to be able to effectively start to invest both in them selves financially and mentally to succeed in RE investing.

@James Canoy besides the stuff mentioned, we did about 40% of the floors, tons and tons of paint, some trim work, gutted and redid one bathroom and kitchen, replaced all the appliances, two water heaters, built a small shed for an oil tank, some capping on the roof, just a few spots for wall repairs, poured a walkway, and redid a lot of the plumbing lines (lots of leaks).

basically the "PMT" or payment calculation essentially has all this in it... so in your case you want to calculate Present Value...so =pv(rate....etc) with fv still 0 i assume... 

And I would try for a BBA (or essentially a business undergraduate) degree.

Essentially, it just has to make enough sense to cover most if not all my mortgage and other payments so that I am living rent free.

Essentially, you are going to be senile by the time you pay off your loans. 

At this point, you move into the blue chips and large dividend payers, utility companies, oil & gas, REITS, etc.  

DallasPros: Diversified economyCons: More natural disaster - TornadosHoustonPros: Port CityCons: More oil dependent

One year doubled the value of the building and essentially earned the owner a value add of $1.5million! 

I then get to  keep the cash flooring asset for essentially 0 cash in and a 30% equity gain.