Before you get to comfortable, make sure there is a good demand in that area for that development. 

I think he has stated before that them not accurately portraying the reality of it is why he decided not to continue with the project.I know another individual who was on a flipping show, and there were a lot of things in that episode that were not a reflection of reality as I knew those involved, and I knew the subject property.

The population there has actually declined over the last 10 years, so I'm not sure the rental demand is that strong.

Would be a nice way to meet up with some like-minded individuals in the area.

General rule of sales.....if you NEVER get any pushback on your prices being too high, you are WAY under priced.Market dictates price and demand...... there are plenty of markets that have very high rent and very low vacancy because that market can support it.Do your research.....local adds on Zillow, Craiglist, rentometer, local PM's...lots of info.....I generally try to stay just a tad below market to increase my pool of applicants, increase my chances of getting a good tenant and then plan of slowly increasing rent over the years if the market can support itIts is a balance..... turnover can cost $$...... but being underpriced can cost you more sometimes...

Karen, I won't be attending but I can recommend a tip that could save you thousands of dollars: Leave your credit cards at home.Most of the free / low cost seminars give you a few crumbs of information but are mainly sales presentations designed to "upsell" you on more expensive "boot camps" and/or "mentoring programs".They all follow the same classic sales formula, they'll tell you that it normally costs $X (you can even go on their website and see that price) but "today only" or "only for the first N people to sign up" they're putting on a special deal.They'll do the whole "this is how much it would cost individually but here's an incredible package deal" etc.

That being said, Truckee is AWESOME and always in demand for Bay Area and Sacramento visitors. 

I'm trying to decide whether to invest as an individual, through my personal checking account, or through my small business.

That is the area with really good school in walk distance and rental there in high demand.

I was thinking of putting it in an index fund but that would be more for a 5-10 year timeline. another option would be individual stocks but there is a lot of risk involved in that.Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thank you.