All of my friends laughed at me when I said I wanted to grow up and be a landlord.

I wish you luck for your growing business.

Treat as crop insurance proceeds the crop disaster payments you receive from the federal government as the result of destruction or damage to crops, or the inability to plant crops, because of drought, flood, or any other natural disaster.You can request income tax withholding from crop disaster payments you receive from the federal government.

Naturally he is balking at returning my calls because this request is frankly, dumb.

Thankfully, I had a lot of experience before I got laid off, so the move to full time was natural.

To enhance the color, I also use bright DAYLIGHT CFLs (which have a slight blue tint) to mimmick natural sunlight.

I know other family members who work a regular JOB.Their mindset is put money in savings in case of a medical illness or rainy day fund.Take 1 or 2 trips a year with vacation and that's all they aspire to be.They look at me and what I do and think "I am lucky" or "I have it good" that I have my own business.They think I sit at home in my office all day and do nothing.They do not realize I am putting in way more hours than they could imagine.I am sacrificing now so that down the road as I get older (36 now) I can take it more easy.Meanwhile many of these (savers) will be working as a greeter at Wal-mart at age 70 and complaining about social security not being enough.I am not going to be one of those statistics.A family member that is 68 has their house paid off,car paid off,and with social security still lives hand to mouth.I try to explain they need to grow that money to stay solvent but FEAR is what grips them from making a move.Whatever everyone believes we know we are born and in a certain amount of time we die.Where we go after that is up to each person to decide.So you do not have time to let FEAR keep you from making rational decisions and not living life.There is risk in everything.Successful people taker calculated risks and on average win more times than they lose.I guess I would be 4 and 5 since I have my own money but also buy property using owner financed deals.

The goals consist of:- 30 day goals- 60 day goals- 90 day goals- 3 top issues/problems of the monthsome of information we might share: - Our marketing strategies- short term goals and long term goals- Continuing education strategies (relating to REI)- Financial goals- Family and Leisure time goalsWith this type of information you can brainstorm ideas, achieve goals and grow our businesses.

My long term goal is to invest in single family homes in growing markets (Atlanta, Austin, Nashville are some of my interests), and hire a property manager.Question part - From everything I learned from books/podcasts/forums, I should start local and manage my own properties so I learn the business.

I am working on various strategies but I'd really like to grow my understanding of the ins and outs of private money.