New member from Columbus, OH

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Hello everyone -

My name is Alex. I am 24, and have a Bachlors degree in computer science from Wittenberg University. I am a token example of why you should think hard about what you want to do with life before settling for a "career path" just because it is what is expected of you :D . I have tasted the corporate life and decided it is not for me. This begs the question, what do I do with myself?

After much thought on what I can do to work for myself, I have decided that real estate is where I should start. When I started to research this, what I had in mind was simple, I wanted to "flip" a house. Simple enough, all I have to do is get a loan, find a place, fix it up and BOOM I make profit. I have been browsing a few websites, reading articles and lurking on forums for a few weeks now and I couldn't have been more wrong about the simplicity of this process. There is a lot more going on in the background that scares a lot of people off from the beginning. I feel that this is both good and bad; it's going to be tough to get all of this information together, but on the other hand, seeing that this isn't just a get rich quick scheme makes it more real and obtainable to me.

My biggest desire at the moment is to learn, and I have always felt the best people to learn from are those who have real world experience both succeeding and failing at whatever it is they do. I have no real experience to speak of, just a desire and determination. I guess what I would request of those of you willing to help would be rescources. Books, articles and whatever else helped or continues to help you. I am motivated by all of the realistic exchange of information I read here that seems to be lacking at a lot of other sites. I don't want to hear how easy it is, I want to know how to do it.

Thanks for bearing with my novel of an introduction, and for any help
Cheers -
Alex