As long as someone else is taking care of the day-to-day duties and responsibilities, and all you have to do is collect a check, then it's not so bad when you have the right people on your team.

Abraham Bakre Be careful with the bandit signs and where you place them.

Michael Spindler Some things that helped me motivated during the almost 2 years I was saving/going taking care of my ill father.: Read every real estate book I can get my hands on, listened to self development & goal setting audiotapes (Brian Tracy specifically), and spending time here on the forums.I believe it you have to develop a burning desire to succeed in this business, and there are ways to cultivate that with goal setting, affirmations and reading/learning about the principles of success.

I do have to be careful to keep everyone's rent a different amount though.

When the market was up these same homes would go for 70 to 80k if that helps.Anyone care to clear it up.

Anyone care to share what they feel is a reasonable rate for a competent attorney?

You start with the ARV, determined by careful evaluation of comps.

Still learning the evaluation process and know to carefully price it right or let it go.

However, it can be quite a wild ride there, so you have to be careful of the entry point.

It has to be dead-on RIGHT before I let a system run away with itself.While this whole process is going on, I'm also taking care of my 10-month-old.