@Dustin Hollar Not an investor in commercial, but have worked in asset management for commercial real estate funds for 5+ years (and less importantly a masters degree in RE) and am about to take a break from work and will have some free time if you want some knowledge.

My mom worked as a CO for 20+ years and had a degree in finance, she says bad idea but she worked until she was 65, not the path I want.

The majority are college graduates who couldn't live up to their degree (they got it by class attendance) or the flunkies of some other trade.I'd say skip the agents and learn on your own.

I would definitely suggest that you always want a cash flowing property though... because cash flow is what makes you want to keep the property, and to some degree allows you to keep a property.  

You're not going to hit home-runs every time, just getting on base and being able to fund your next venture is a win.Sounds like you may need to do a bit more research before committing your degree to real estate - it is always important to be passionate and truly eager in whatever path you take.

--after all desperate times call for desperate measures).This is all until I find one of the thousands of employers in the Washington DC region who are looking for a Program Management certified electrical engineer with a systems engineering masters degree and 13 years experience in high profile DOD acquisition programs. 

What me and my buyers are doing in that area is pretty simple and has some degree of success to it.

Animals for the most part are not controllable at some degree, a great dog/cat can bite playing around so how do you protect yourself from lawsuits?. 

One advantage of CPVC is that can take hotter water than PEX but above 140 degrees where PEX fails you are likely to have scalding anyway. 

It will get you acclimated to home ownership to a degree…and if you’re in the right area you’ll be able to get a nice return on the rental on the backend.