The home inspector I used had many years of experience and grew up in the industry as his father owned an inspection business that did home inspections for 6 major banks.

I’m finalizing a purchase agreement for my second property which will be my first partnership (with my father).

So, his father got a loan for him when Bush was president and Bush was giving tax credits.

My father will be the builder, who lives locally in Texas, and has a lot of experience in home building.

Sam,My father and I built a house after purchasing a tear down in Halethorpe about two years ago and had no issues with the area or selling it quickly.

But as a busy father with a full-time job, what I am really looking for is to invest the tens of thousands of dollars I have saved right now, pay someone handle all of it, and then be on the look out for that golden passive mailbox money.If anyone knows of companies like that, shoot me a message or post a comment below. 

Their website (www.targetbuildinginspections.com/about-target.html) and online reviews also checked out.Our group relies on our property manager to be our boots on the ground and he was supposed to attend the inspection but his father passed away that day, so he ended up running an hour late to the appointment.

As for the smoking question, I somehow work into the conversation about the very negative health affects smoking has had on my father.

I always talked to my wife how I want to invest in real estate just like my father did.

Wow, how time flies, I don't expect anyone to reply to this... and honestly I don't know why I'm even writing this, maybe as some sort of catharsis for how my real estate "dreams" never got off the ground almost 10 years ago.My father was diagnosed with cancer shortly after my posts here and from there I became the sole provider while he had an operation.