My intention is not to boast but to inspire and share the significant impact that BiggerPockets, especially Joshua Dorkin and Brandon Turner, have had on my life.I first encountered BiggerPockets at 23 while enduring long 14+ hour days as a pipe fitter on hydroelectric dams in northern Manitoba, working 21 days on and 5 days off shift schedules.Although I was earning well for my age and educational background (I barely graduated high school), the job was unfulfilling and almost toxic, mainly because of the dynamics with the associates in the industry.

We do enjoy the 4 seasons and by enjoy I can safely say "endure" them in a lot of cases!

If you are really savvy and can endure the pain read the intelligent investor by Ben Graham. 

I'd rather endure a loss on the front end taking extra time finding a good tenant than dealing with a loss and headaches on the backend getting rid of a bad tenant.If you decide to go forward, consider doing a six month or month to month lease so you can get rid of them if things get weird.

My staff and my other tenants should not have to endure an unruly tenant.

With these projects there is not telling how long they will take and what delays you will have to endure and experience.

Hi, my name is Jacob My question is:As a beginner to Direct mail, what would you recommend for me when first starting out, What pitfalls should I avoid that most beginners endure, and how should I design my message to the prospect to get the most consistent responses?

Rental properties are an endurance run, not a sprint.I would never buy a property based on the results of the 50% rule.

Entrepreneurs are a very small part of any population and thus those that have been able to survive and endure are really the cream of the crop of their country, regardless of where they stem from. 

Various public buildings, community centers, schools -- they all help.But the strangest pocket neighborhoods in this town sometimes seem to form and endure for no visible reason at all in areas that were previously C-class and slid slowly into D-class ten or twenty years ago.