I think it's pretty commonly held knowledge, at least by those of us living in the Houston area, that our city has grown exponentially over recent decades.Well, CultureMap posted a pretty cool .gif the other day showing by just how much the city and surrounding areas have expanded since the 1940's, with the most impressive growth spurts coming since the 1970's.You can view the brief article and .gif here: http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/05-16-16-see-how-dramatically-houston-has-grown-since-the-1970s/

I've been working construction for quite sometime and I order reak the benefit I must invest more time into the craft and less time doing what I want to do.The reason I've chosen to pursue real estate is because I want to learn but I also want to help people get a head the same way I would like to.Some of the avenues that i would like to learn about are wholesaling, fix and flip homes,buy and hold rentals, little or no money investing.I'm excited to see where this will go and 100% execited to change my life and those around me.

My goal is to utilize real estate investing for passive income streams and to begin working for myself as opposed to others, while providing a high quality of life for myself and future family.I am currently interested in networking, and finding both single family & multifamily buy/hold, & fix/flip opportunities throughout Arizona.

The problem I have is that any variation of the word 'invest' makes my wife think that a coin flip will lose us our entire life savings.

I have yet to reschedule a seminar on flipping now that summer has started which means time to catch up on life and BIG PLANS!  

Alex Ps serious about my garden just made new organic bug spray LOL simple things in life keep us motivated for the other things in life.

Not to answer for James, but I think that's very reasonable - the life of a good furnace can easily be 25-30 years or more (I'm at 24 on my own furnace at home), and adding the central air will help him attract tenants more easily.

My list includes an electrician, heating & air service, plumbing outfit (though I do most of this myself, I was a plumber in an old life), roofing contractor, and a couple of general handymen.

Congrats on all the big things going on in your life!

Recently, my father and I have decided to look into real estate investing as an avenue to subsidize our income now that new life events have altered our paths.