Our landlord had watched him grow up (no relation, just lived nextdoor) and decided to take a chance on renting to two young kids.

There are entire books of over 1000 pages written on portfolio management and asset allocation.

Brandon Turner I got the idea to try to work for free with wholesalers from your article on the main page, How to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field.

Getting my realtor's license is teaching me a lot of un-sexy details related to real estate transactions.

Maybe I increase rents and they move out relatively quick, so in reality it would be like deferred maintenance, or maybe they stay another 5 years and don't complain about the carpet.Thanks.

I don't know about you but I don't usually follow the crowd when it comes to investing my money...I think only a few savvy investors will move from paper assets to more tangible assets like real estate - and no, I'm not talking about REITS and other real estate related stocks.

While I cannot offer much in return on this topic, I can offer a lot of help in just about anything related to IT :-)

I won't lie, for my insurance related business it doesn't hurt that Springfield is an 8 hour drive in all directions from half the US population.

I have never had a problem finding someone who could answer my questions for anything RE related.

Thanks Brandon.I read both posts and some related ones too.It is really, really comforting and encouraging to know I am not the only one feeling overwhelmed and helpless.Most of the time I just wish I could find a partner who share the same goal or I could have mentor give me some guidance.Thanks Will.That's my worries...I'm not sure if it's legal in BC and the ways to find buyers and sellers are quite different..