David Allen's Getting Things Done system is frankly the most intuitive and practical system to organize tasks and life I've ever seen.

If he doesn't pay you, don't ever do business with him again. 99% of the time, you will get paid by an honest investor.With that said, make sure you really do a check on who you do business with.

Next to supply and demand, I believe that lender scrutiny of appraised values is now the second largest consideration in what is driving values down in many areas.

All the leads you ever wanted can be found on the internet right now.

This is a benefit to an investor but I don't think anyone should ever take advantage of that.

The name of the game is cash flow, so I would ignore who ever is trying to sell you their book.

Didja ever see "The Roadrunner" when Wile E.

Let's say that you could get a guaranteed $1,000 a month rent on a property (now remember this question is totally hypothetical) and you were magically guaranteed the best renters, no vacancies, no repairs needed, minimum maintenance--in other words your dream come true rental and obviously something you would never plan on happening--ever.

unlike assfault (woops) it can be recycled if it ever does fail, it will quickly disintegrate in the landfill.

I have never needed either yet and would frankly prefer to run like hell than ever get into a fight in someone else's territory (and not just for legal concerns) but the reality of the world is that there are bad people out there who are not governed by reason and must therefore be governed by other means.