From there, I created a plan, and my goal is to purchase rental properties in order to implement a buy & hold strategy in secondary and tertiary cities that are rapidly growing.

There are some exceptions for example when purchasing at foreclosure and tax sales, its cash on the barrel-head right at that moment.

Congrats Adam,Its coming down to the wire as 12/31 rapidly approaches so you might want to prepare for a very speedy closing.

So I give up upside to avoid the builder going bust or skipping town or find out that the property manager I hired is an air-head. 

My idea is to utilize this to find listings that were leased for 12 months, at a specific price point, and specific area, and then utilize direct mail marketing to hit them up 4-6 months before their lease ends.The idea being to hit them up right around the time their trying to decide whether to lease again or buy.Thoughts, comments, questions, critiques, or frying pan upside the head.....

I have a few others that I will be heading out to this weekend and will be sure to update.

Either way, I love it.And as for topics - a few off the top of my head:1.)

Jumping into investing w/o an income can be tricky - it will be hard to borrow money - and may put a bit of a head wind on your efforts.

I'm somewhat transient at the moment, however, as I might be heading back to business school in the next two years.

Cut to interviews with police chief, code compliance head and welfare dept, etc.