Thanks everyone, I was not expecting such a welcoming from like-minded individuals.

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The rankings for each of these individually is:Top 10 broadest economiesSan Diego-Carlsbad, CABellingham, WASanta Rosa, CAEl Campo, TXBoise City, IDReno, NVPampa, TXBurley, IDMissoula, MTNaples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FLTop 10 strongest economiesDuncan, OKBoston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHFrankfort, KYIndiana, PAMadison, WIProvo-Orem, UTSalt Lake City, UTSan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CABarre, VTBirmingham-Hoover, ALDataYou can find all the data and calculations in this shared spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ty2bMCNyQF...Feel free to copy it to your account if you want to tweak the numbers or dig in yourself.MethodologyThese rankings were all compiled from the 2015 SUSB Annual Data Tables: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2015/econ/susb/...

the exterminators i've spoken to want to do the entire condo building, including each individual unit and charge $1K+. 

-Buy and hold-Either families or students-Take it slow on rehab-Partner up with my friendLet me try to reason my choices. 

Your time could be much better spent educating yourself and developing relationships with individuals in real estate, VS clipping coupons for three hours on a Sunday to save 40$.

I am looking forward to attending the meetings and meeting some knowledgeable individuals.

I met with her at a public location because I assumed , correctly, he is a very hostile individual.

So any career choice that will allow you to hone those skills is where I would focus.Buy right:NegotiationUnderwritingMarket analysiscommercial broker officeFinance right:Mortgage brokerbanking loan officerRaising capitalCreative financingTitle office (they see how all the deals are structured)Manage right:Property managementImplementing systemssolving problemsYou can never go wrong with sales.

Right now we are forming a team of like minded individuals.