If you expect to move every two or three years, the transaction costs for owning real estate will kill you.Inflation will be a factor, too.

I called the person I expected to list it with, and she said she's not taking any more listings.

Tell them you expect their fully cooperation so that you can hopefully have it re-rented starting Nov 1 so they won't owe you any additional rent.

Losing a few weeks rent is to be expected when tenants move out, and shouldn't cause you any grief as far as paying the mortgage.At this point, be sure you understand the terms of your lease for the notice requirements and when they can move out, and what notice was given.

I don't expect that to happen in rural areas, but it doesn't take much in cities for people to act like animals.

Expect a lot of these assets to do the same.

Kinda expected those answers.

They sent the money as agreed (if I understand correctly), and expect to be paid for it.

I had actually expected Sacramento City code enforcement to call instead.

I'm in the process of setting goals and plans for myself, but much farther out than normal, I would like to set RE Goals out to 20 years to reach my desired net worth.I've realized that setting high goals for yourself aren't a bad thing, I set my real estate related goals to more than double what I expected I could do, and so far for 2008 I'm at about 70% of my goal which isn't bad at all becuase I surpassed my low goal half way through the year.