And a decent roofing crew will do in two days what would take you a week and a half of soul crushing labor.

Once you find the deal and LP sounds like a decent option.Best of luck to you.

Hello, there is a decently large plot of land (180 acres) about 5 minutes from the town where i work (Sherbrooke, population 150k), that i heard "through a friend" is for sale by the owner. the land has ~60 acres of cleared land and 120 acres of forest. it will probably sell for around 700,000. does anyone know of some creative ways to make money off farm land or forest?

You can qualify for a crazy low down payment FHA loan and decent interest rates on an owner occupied duplex.

How do I figure out if Parkersburg is a decent enough market for buy and hold? 

During this same period of time unemployment shot up to 8% when prior to that it had consistently ran at 2%.  

It could a decent rental but I need more info.

I want to start analyzing several deals a day so that I can start getting used to the numbers and be able to see what looks like a decent deal right off.

I would go out and drive through a decent mobile home park -- one that is owned by an operator that cares.

You'll either need to pay an offsite manager a decent salary or have a resident manager in each park.