Eileen and I got started in this real estate adventure due to our whining about having no job, no money, no retirement and even with our best attempts at successful careers in the high-tech industry, real wealth alluded us. So we went to an Armando Montelongo seminar, bus tours, and continued our learnings by buying, rehabbing and selling a property. and did we ever learn a lot in that endeavor. The blog is at http://lowtech-ventures.blogspot.com. Every surprise story is there. We've finished on project and are now looking for more!