^ you just won the internet bro lol. In all seriousness I have been also trying to invest in RE for a while, may be I watch too many of those house flipping show and they make it look so easy. The housing prices are going up compared to a year ago in Texas, I thought it has to do with the oil fields but even right now when the oil prices are down the prices are still going up. BTW do you have any experience in buying apartments in NYC and renting it out?