IT IS TIME...

[David F.]

Hello All,

I wanted to introduce myself to the Forum. I am no longer sitting on the fence, sitting and thinking and pontificating about how wonderful life would be investing in real estate. I have made a commitment to myself and more importantly to my family that within one year of TODAY, so October, 10, 2008, I will have made my first real estate deal, the first of many. I figure a nice public declaration here is a nice spot.

I will start with my first question here: I have access to capital, at least I think I do. That is, my cousin is a millionaire stockbroker, and I have at least 3 other stockbroker friends who service high net worth individuals ($1,000,000+ in their investment accounts). So, I know that if I find a good opportunity,( while I have nothing to put in, as I simply don't have much to invest with) I have some options or, at least the possibility of creating a partnership. QUESTION: With no experience at all in real estate investing, how do I go about forming partnerships with people? That is, why would someone trust me if I haven't done this before??

Thanks for the help.

THE HUN. (by the way, I'm a guy. It is HUN, as in Attila the HUN, not Hun as in Hunny, or HUN as in the Soccer Fans, people have always thought it was one or the other)