As for area, if it's not a war zone, I'm game.

It sounds like you already have a partner in the game, and being on BP will help you a lot as well.

In a couple years when everything has settled in and you are comfortable with the land lord game, find another duplex and move into that one and keep the original as a full rental.

Curious, what made you step out of the game in 2011?

And I am trying to learn more about an entry point, or starting level in real estate, rental properties and the like.I did work briefly as a sales-man in El Paso Texas, long enough to learn the basics of salesmanship, and decided not to go all in on memorizing the specifications on the products I was supposed to be selling, and rehearsing the companies sales pitch for door-to-door sales, or telemarketing.The problem I am having isn't so much a business plan/game plan, as it is initial financing to get the ball rolling.

Hey yall,New to the site (had always heard of it but never utilized), but I carry a good bit of experience with investing mostly in Tarrant county.Haves: Secured cash purchasing power, experience, knowledge, licenseNeeds: To expand my network of other buyers that can take on the properties I can not take on, always need more reliable contractors, always can use more properties to look at, some one to teach me the commercial property game.

It's a numbers game.

Constant improvement is the name of the game with conversions. 

Then how do you determine what your offer will be etc etc.For us everything is a numbers game.

A tenant's game is to always buy more time.