@Will Wu   She may also be feeling overwhelmed because she just lost her father and this is outside of her knowledge and comfort zone. 

I will then begin (with that personal capital) to purchase 2-4 unit properties (a predetermined amount each year) in order to have enough constant cash flow to feel comfortable not having a day job and pursuing "active" investing full time while my "passive" investments pull me thru the leaner months.

All of the sites I listed earlier in this thread are reputable IMO, but some are better than others and some structure their deals in ways I wouldn't be comfortable with as an investor or a promoter.  

I'm not one to generally take to heart what other people say that are either a) not in my shoes or b) don't have words of wisdom from prior experience but I've been running into this a lot.  

In the first instance shoe shine boys were giving tips to Wall Street pros right before the bubble burst and lead to the depression.

Show the check to the seller when they sign the contract and tell them that it will deposited with the title company/attorney when you drop off the contract.Using an agent or attorney for the contract is completely dependent on your comfortableness with the process.

Even though the course they took told them to buy, and learn to use, a financial calculator, they are not comfortable doing so.3.

I feel female real estate agents connect with female buyers, do to the fact they have much of the input when it comes to buying a home.

What do you other ladies out there think about this? Also how do you as men ...

My local market is tough to invest in currently and for me, investing out of area is outside my comfort zone.

The home was priced at 180,000, just barely for us to still live comfortably with the mortgage.