John Burns among others think the Riverside market has gotten ahead of itself and may be due for either a correction or at least very flat appreciation until incomes in this area increase.  

I started talking to bankers with a 6 month time frame in mind and it paid dividends because it instantly showed I had a long term mind set.I am assuming that at this point you have some decent equity in all these homes and therefore could maybe use that to finance your expansion.

The biggest challenge will probably be burning out before you start making enough money, so you want to enjoy what you're doing while you're experiencing the growing pains.Eventually you should have enough knowledge, capital, and connections to venture out on your own.

Had her numbers been off we could have gotten burned, and it been a painful/expensive lesson.  

And boom, now you are an instant landlord and you have your own place. 

I have another business I have decided to sell simply from being burned out.

Actually, I think they left after they burned up the back door and surrounding area. 

You might be eager to jump in and start investing, but unless you have money to burn you want to really understand what you're getting into.

If my tenant banks with Chase, they can send me an email and do a nearly instant transfer of funds with no fees to pay their rent!

I have been negligent in my area on this topic, we had this pretty well exposed around here and some new shysters are popping up, might be time to go back out on a slash and burn mission again.