The only real way to protect your assets is not to own them, LOL :)  I would tend to agree.

Your mentor seems to be a feature that most of the other folks, at least those who I have had contact with and those who tend to post on these boards do not have.  

However, that's where it tends to stop in most cases.

On the other hand, you may not get those from your source, and I think people will tend to just give you the 5-digit part of the ZIP code, rather than the ZIP+4.

Additionally, we tend to stick with Zigbee and Z-wave wireless devices as WiFi (802.11) is too power hungry.

Real Estate is a great way to make piles of cash fast but when you are just getting started without cash and little to no experience or education your investing tends to take off the starting line more like a tortoise.  

He is in a great career/background to do what I do, probably better than I do, but he likes his toys more than his future.I tend to talk about it when prompted, but otherwise just enjoy the fun parts of family when we are together.

I've rented to numerous Section 8 tenants and they do tend to be a bit rougher on the property since they're not paying for it.

They tend to lend short-term capital that provide funding and or cash, based on the value of the collateral.

I tend to be more conservative in estimating, the number I came up with while you have both a mortgage and a payment to the current owner was $100 or less per month.