We all had a laugh, and fortunately there were no hard feelings. 

Fortunately I bought at the bottom of the market here and that forgiving market  along with the ascendance of Airbnb gave me time to learn what I was doing.Find some deals for yourself and make them cashflow.

The first thing I would do: acknowledge that you came into this money by good fortune, not by skill, and that you can just as easily squander it, as so many do.A good investor will have control of their personal finances before investing.

The $ amounts are dated and some of the old tax rules as well, but his philosophy is sound and he was one of the very few RE gurus to hold onto his portfolio and fortunes through the trying times to retirement. 

I do feel very fortunate to be where we’re at now having gained all the skills in carpentry, restoration, and design.

$7000.00 deductible,I  have been fortunate to be in pretty healthy shape and only go the DR for physicals.Do you have a better plan?

IF you buy this. make sure that it will perform as a LTR as well.....Bruce,You may be right, although I'm not sure about FL.In Arizona it's fortunately now very clear.

Fortune favors the prepared. 

Fortunately, the water heaters are outside the house so flooding issues inside shouldn’t be an issue.

I have been quite fortunate to land a solid team pretty quickly.