A marker to signal the start to my journey.The short version ... by this time next year (2017) I will have purchased my first property. 

When I said that I didn't want to overwhelm her right now... she is going through a lot of personal things, and her mind moves a lot slower than ours does... the overwhelming moment will be when she gets to sign all the documents!!!

If you’re familiar with the world of commodity investing, such a steep rise is a troubling long-term signal.

To me, that is a classic SELL signal- a ridiculous price available quickly Of course, it also depends on other factors in the market at the time.

I really appreciate your advice, persistence is definitely the key, along with flexibility, which is nothing new, I am looking into new cell service, because where I am I don't have a signal most of the day, which is the reason I invested in something like E-voice to catch the calls and then it puts them in a format I can listen to or read when I get the chance.

., down payments, etc.) given the low interest rate environment, negative yields in sovereign debt markets, and US stock market at all time highs - in lots of ways the markets seem discombobulated and signalling different things.

Of course, this investment is not happening because of actual market price signals, so it is artificial.

However, with systems, a good team, and some hustle, (and a good laptop) this is a great job that I can do from just about anywhere with wifi and cell signal.  

The rise of Foreign Auto eating into the Domestic Auto Markets was a sure sign, all you had to do was look at the stocks of each of the big 3.

Have one bad tenant like that and it will cure you from ignoring such signals going forward.