(As an interesting side note, I was just listening to The Real Estate Investor Show the other day and the host - Steve Davis who is VP of Lifestyles Unlimited - actually talked about Bigger Pockets on the air.)

Bigger Pockets is an amazing resource to assist you in getting started in real estate, it was key in getting my business off to a successful start.

While I invest in multi families I have developed a certain style of 2 family or even mother daughter single family that I find works really well...I Strongly prefer the 2 family that has a bigger apt on first fl.

Our launch was Tuesday night, and having some experience with lowered attendance and lack of interest in conventional REIA's, I was hoping to top 100 people, because of our commitment to no selling speakers, similar to the Bigger Pockets model of no selling speakers at the Summit.

I've dwelled on the idea of just going self-employed in a small window tinting business but am worried that would make it difficult when it comes time to sell my house and re-invest in some bigger property especially since I won't have at least 2 years of tax documents for the business.

How about letting her know you'd like to see more of that rather than the bigger pockets community?

After reading over the bigger pockets forums it has become apparent how important it is to get the contractors plan of action and budget written in a contract, so we will be sure and get that taken care of properly.

They all comp differently...Put VERY simply:Urban areas, you want to try and stay within 1/4 mile and/or same neighborhood/subdivision.Suburbs, you want to stay within the same subdv/neighborhood, sometimes this can be more than a 1/2 mile radius if it's a bigger sbdv.

The wife and I rented when we first moved to Phoenix, and that experience soured us towards most of the bigger firms in town.

Then if all goes good and QE3 causes house prices to rise, maybe you can cash out (before the collapse) and do bigger things.