I'm going to give a little editorial/rant with relation to the lists that have been posted about Fannie Mae - they aren't complete.My personal opinion is Fannie Mae is anti-investor. 

I think one of the reasons so many of us are anti-guru, anti-seminar, anti-whatever, is that we've seen it all go horribly wrong so many times, and also have to put up with a lot of the "I'm so fired up because I just paid $25,000 for a mentorship (which you don't find out about until later) and you should come invest all your money with me even though I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing!"

These houses are too old to be standing and full of toxins that cost a fortune to remediate.

I love the freedom a passive income provides.But the anti-landlord vibe in Portland has been enough to make me question the ethics of buying and renting more property.