That being said, I am very involved in any project from beginning to end and keep a close eye on my projectsGood call, I've given myself "trigger finger" which is an annoying but painless condition where the tendon for your fingers swells semi-permanently (in my case, I think from squeezing tools too hard while working) and can no longer easily pass through the structures in your hand.. so when I go to stretch or recoil my fingers they temporarily stop and then "snap" the rest of the way.... .Hard to explain but annoying as heck, but would probably be extremely serious for a surgeon to have. 

(We are a very rural to semi-rural county, just south of Anne Arundel County, on the southern part of the western shore of the Chesapeake for those of you not from this area.)

Here in Waterville, I can buy a 4 unit that needs work but is semi turnkey for 100K.

you can do that in semi to rural little burgs ... were you have no war zones etc.you try that in Milwaukee or other major cities and you will have a handful with tenants and such.

I bought a different property first, which gave me a better feel for comps:At the beginning of October, I bought a four bedroom semi-detached house in Brampton, Ontario, a large and sprawling suburb of Toronto.

I am a semi-seasoned real estate investor that is just getting back into real estate.

I don't work for RETA, I am a semi-retired doc in Port Moody, BC, Canada.  

I get the leads and semi qualify them.

I own a general contracting/home building business up in Toronto Canada, and have been wanting to get into REI, but am priced out of the market up here (and don't care much for $1.4 mil semi-detached homes).

Originally posted by @David Edwards:@Valerie Phipps I am semi interested in determining if buying flood prone land for cheep and completing flood resistant homes (on high piers) is a viable strategy.