Any profession in the financial arena, real estate, insurance, banking or investments on the retail side (involving the public) will be based on trust.

These are the people that can be worked/groomed into giving you some very good deals.Start making a list of addresses and visit your county courthouse to look up ownership (public knowledge).

I have been reading non stop for awhile now and also out looking at properties in my town.

I am always up front with prospective tenants that security deposits are non-refundable prior to moving in (and after the become refundable assuming no damage to the apartment).

Until and unless you are willing to learn the factors that determine both the retail value and cost of repairs your street credibility is non-existent.

In Atlanta it's GA REIA, gariea.org, or Atlanta RIEA, or up N on 75 N Metro REIA.

It is a good thing to learn how money and investing works.Part of my strategy is to keep my kids out of the public school system as long as possible (not that public school is bad, just a personal choice).

No stats but non-eviction legal actions are pretty rare.

I am not trying to segregate out the non-North folks, but for me, Las Colinas is a long haul from my house in McKinney, especially getting to my day job in North Dallas at 730 in the morning.I would be open to arranging a regional meetup to be located in PFAM if there is enough interest.

After talking to the Bank and since refinancing to a non-owner occupied mortgage would up the payments, My wife and I will just stay on the mortgage and rent somewhere cheaper for awhile..