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Sydnie,I am happy to meet with you and answer any questions you may have.

So this is the path I've chosen to follow up to and including being part of my retirement.I believe that networking and gathering real life experience from doing work myself along with following other's guidance (who have been there/done that) will garner me more knowledge and success than paying "gurus" thousand of dollars for bus trips through a city and region I already know well.I am still formulating a 5 year plan (yes, they are passe now a days but I'm old school) and I feel the first steps would be to connect with other REI's, join the local REI Groups and begin growing my network.Any guidance, advice and suggestions from this point forward will be greatly appreciated!

Someone that can take questions on BP or meet at the jobsite, ect.Im a finish carpenter and framer with weekends free so I can add alot of value if needed also.

I would be happy to meet some friends here and take part in the discussions!

I would be happy to meet some friends here and take part in the discussions!

Hi @Samuel Rothmann,I plan to be there in Jacksonville that weekend and can meet up.

Any REIAs meeting during that time? 

Gross rent per month is usually the only figure that's calculated as a percentage of purchase price (to firstly see if it meets your investing criteria eg. 1% or 2% "rules"), whereas all expenses are then (usually) worked out as a percentage of rent - not purchase price (eg. the "50% rule")!

BP is a great place to learn, meet people, etc.