There is now an entire industry of scumbag contingency lawyers and mold remediators (wearing spacesuits) that have pounced on this issue.

I currently reside in Portland OR with my wife and kids and I work as a Field Service Engineer in the semiconductor industry.

He is one of the few that talks about actual commercial properties, offices, industrial...not just apartments and calling them commercial.

We have a very large population of folks who commute to NY & NJ for work and a pretty good tourist industry on top of it.

Been in the real estate industry for 7 years now, formerly as a Mortgage Broker, the last 1 1/2 years as an investor too.

Buy a Mortgage domain, develop the site, and start a blog about the industry and your experiences.

I was thinking of one relating to the food and snack industry.

Leaves you with the time to do your normal job, they take care of the negotiating (which they are usually good at because of their connections and knowledge of the industry) and you get to have the deal.

Some of the industrial cities that are in the index now were more like farming communities in the past.

This seems to be a very active - and extremely informational - place...Thanks for the welcome....and I'm hoping I get out of this with a credit score still above 700....especially with the lending industry going the way that it is....One follow up question - how do you find a GC (or other repair man) who is willing to do small jobs - I have a few places which could use small jobs (e.g. installing one window, some trim, hanging ceiling fans, replacing door frames, minor electric work, etc, etc, etc)...but everyone wants large remodel jobs - not the small stuff....Help!