Leslie Bandy I don’t believe it. the state doesn’t lend small things like that, one of my regular clients is the state, the way they’re structured is not capable of such a vehicle.

We now know what the blank switch panels were used for that are above the regular light switches.

As an out of town (state/country) investor you want to reach out to as many people as you can and have them all thinking about you regularly.

Also, I am concerned with the income tax as I also had regular personal income this year.

@Raines Williams If the property is real property (land and mobile home attached), you can use a regular contract.

Long term tenants help you avoid the wear and tear of regular move-ins, and save you the hassle of looking for new tenants every year.

Stand by them.I recently rented to a young couple and the the woman had great credit and an amazing job, while the guy had almost no credit history and was in school full time without regular work.

As much as I'd like to jump in with both feet (and would if I didn't have other people in my life I am responsible for) I feel like the slowly ramp up the investing and/or work as an agent over the next couple of years while continuing to work a regular salaried job is probably the route I should take. 

I'm looking to become an investor and hire a property manager to deal with the regular issues. 

I was reading some other forums where construction guys were saying they use a regular coil nailer with hardened 1 1/4" nails running at about 125 PSI.