Based on the interest generated during a free giveaway period I did with local investors, there appears to be a lot of interest and I have gotten some excellent feedback on it.

Single family homes are a great way to generate passive income.

Duncan Wierman has a tool called online lead finder..Maybe others can post lead generation techniques?

Summer heat is our big energy issue here in TX.

I'm generating fantastic ROI due to a combination of snapping up my properties during the good old days of 95% LTV tracker mortgages, increasing rents and falling interest rates.

I currently have a small cash flow from these activities, however, it is nothing compared to potential cash flow you can generate from real estate investments.In short term I would like to absorb as much as I can from BP.

However, the more I utilize #1, the more systems, processes, management, and energy involvement there is, which ultimately takes the focus off of #2; examples are: managing private lenders, managing rehab projects, managing tenants and seller financing buyers, short sale processes, etc...

They will suck energy from anyone who is unprepared to tackle a professional flake.My job, for starters, is to recognize those people and steer clear of them if at all possible.

Having to rehab a house before being able to generate income is just another element of risk.

I worked full time during several investment purchases and sacrificed a lot of personal time and energy on the front end.