By growing that trusted circle you do not have to create as many small party contacts.

It seems every kind of commercial property near growing college campuses is skyrocketing with regards to value and rents.

For instance: If I had 15 ft of counter space at $36 a linear ft that was 2 feet deep would cost me $540.

Hopefully, I can grow my portfolio and pass it on to my children later in life.

Our landlord had watched him grow up (no relation, just lived nextdoor) and decided to take a chance on renting to two young kids.

I'm not too concerned about water, lake front on Table Rock Lake, on the White River main channel, with a good well too.Your animal ranch is too labor intensive for me, a guy down by the lake grows rabbits and chickens, a strange prepper type that thinks everyday will be the last, uses a 1/4 tank of gas and tops it off.

From what you say, a section 8 is carefully regulated but in this instance it seems it wasn't.

Least - I grow tired of tenants sometimes :) And, the weight of it all sometimes seems ominous, but I just remind myself that everything cashflows.Full time real estate is fun - but only if you LOVE real estate.

To bring it back, I would do a cash business of whatever I can do (legally) to make the most cash, and reinvest it in profitable buy/hold properties and grow it at a reasonable rate.

Once the relationship grows, you may find that they are happy to take you under their wing and "show you the ropes."