- Are your goals clear, how often do you meet to discuss progress?

Two common ones: 1) Find a mentor to work with to show you the ropes.  2)Link up with a strong real estate broker that specializes in working with investors, preferably someone that does his own deals as well.  

All:Can anyone please let me know whether or not I will personally incur capital gain taxes when my tenants in common partner sells his 50% interest of two properties we co-own?

@Mike Biewer you have a pretty common termination clause for our market area.

One thing lead to another we start to study, look for opportunity to invest in real estate and so here I am.Our goal is to buy and hold in the long run.Right now our focus is in wholesale, flipping and learn more about the industry. 

Are you accounting for things like water/sewer, garbage, electricity for common areas, landscaping, etc, in actual numbers or just using a percentage of rent or are you just adding a certain amount for the incidentals?

My goal is to rent it out to students or medical residents.

The park Is about a 40 minute drive from where I plan on moving to.Yes John, renting only spaces is my end goal,however I am looking at just getting into a park at a price I think I can handle at the this time.

That's the goal.

I have such big visions and goals for my fiancé and I.