Basically, you can't do any deal with your self, spouse, your ancestors or descendants, or anyone with a fiduciary relationship with one of these people.There are also some funny taxes that come into play in certain situations.Jon

The best book I've found on it is...Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth By T.

Not much room to play here.

If I had a nice big piece of ground with good game on it, I'd barracade the public out and keep all the hunting for myself.There is a lot that can be done with good management to increase te game carrying capacity.

Those who are professional tenants and know how to play a landlord are the ones you really have to watch out for.

I'm also relatively new to the residential RE game.

I thought you could only do that kind of value play on a big, commercial multifamily.

I waxed poetic about being 'retired' by now-- having 'systems' in place to do all the cr*p I basically have to do day in and day out.I traded my 9 to 5 for a 7 to 7 because I LOVE it, but my wife likes to needle me about my grand ambitions and wonderful plans for freedom and so we've sort of dubbed the phrase 'fool time' investor as a play on 'full time'.

The advantage for a lot of us that are still in the game- is that a whole bunch of investors are out of it now.The market cool-down means it's time to get back to basics, time to sharpen the skills again, and get hot!

I think that would be doable but I just haven't wanted to (or needed to) play with it.The percentage is based on the amount of work the birddog actually does for me.