I just put my first offer on a house today.  

Since returning to rental property in the end of 2013 we've acquired 18 units as of today (1-4plex, 6 doubles, 2 singles) and have 2 singles pending to close, 1 this Friday (YEAH!) 

I'm going to talk with my lender today and see what he says about financing it.

Everything seemed to be working out fine until today when I found out that that court deemed the mother to not have the mental capacity (a few weeks ago) to give power of attorney to her son.

I made my first offer on a property today for the purchase price of $41,500.  

Just curious, are you finding it harder today to make the #s work, compared to 2 or 4 years ago?

That's when I had to fall back on my painting business again to get me through, that's where I currently am today.

Ugh, so today was a big challenge that, sadly, made me pause and question how the heck I'm going to do real estate with a new baby.  

I do believe you need to put your feet in the water it you actually want to learn how to swim, so most likely, in a few years, i will look at the investments I have made in the last few years and say to myself "today I would have done it better", nevertheless, I am happy i have done them. 

Frist, no as far as detached homes go, I think the market is doing just fine and there is room for plenty of growth even at the high prices we see today.