These compounds, at least the first three, are somewhat common in petroleum and natural gas.

That's the nature of the Master Lease Option, you are the Master Lessee.

You have never seen ROI till you have seen mother nature do it with soil and seeds.

Rentals normally are going to require at least a down payment and closing costs but not always, and they may need to be fixed up, also.Wholesaling and rehabbing are time and skill intensive, while rentals are by nature passive and can be delegated out very easily.If your credit is in the toilet, building an extensive rental portfolio may be out of the question right now.

I'm trying to get the right questions in the right order so I can have some kind natural flow to the conversation.

This used to not be a big deal so no one bothered to keep them -- however, with the natural gas surge and the "fracking" plan, small lots in residential neighborhoods can be "drilled".Basically, the state and county laws seems to place a certain restriction on how close a drilling operation can be to homes.

I don't recall the procedure off the top of my head but if there is little or no equity they may release.

They removed it no problem, and said they would change their procedure in the future!

This class provides an overview of approaches to value, valuation procedures, property descriptions, and residential applications.

Daniel, To see a little bit more about my experience you can check out a interview Josh did with me at: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2011/05/19/interview-james-vermillion-biggerpockets/ As for being fearful that is completely natural, but the more we educated ourselves, learned the market and put together a list of contractors we trust, the better we felt.