Then I left the area, kept the rentals and bought a house where I wanted to live at that time.There is one thing for sure, it would be much easier to "test" the theory by renting where you live and buying rentals for cash flow first.

The most intense part of what we do is house hunting, and we have that down to next to nothing... a call here and there to the PM and we're done... that way I can focus on my day job without worries... are there different/better ways to do it... sure... but so what?

Time to go shopping folks :mrgreen:The biggest test is selling those homes in those markets.

I just updated my forum signature - this is a test to see if it worked...

In my case the advice is tried...tested...and proven to help someone in the past (if not myself then one of my students) and so it might help someone else.

Why don't teachers just give students all of the reading, homework, and outlines, in the first week for everything they need to learn for the year, and then test them on all of the material during the second week?

Test it out and see how it goes.

While I am surprised we have not seen people" going postal" through all of this, at the end of the day you can not beat them, only find ways to work within their system the best we can.They are giving all of us the ultimate test in self discipline!

I did some beta testing with Youtube last year and felt that it was worth the time and effort.

I still like a security blanket while testing the wonderful real estate marketplace.