Student Investor from Las Vegas, Nevada

[David Horton]

Greetings from Las Vegas! 

I am brand new to real estate investing.  Right now I am flooding my mind with books, blogs, videos and conferences, trying to learn as much as I can.  I feel at this point trapped by the Analysis Paralysis syndrome, as well as time and energy starvation due to a full time job and role as a single parent.  I currently work in the Information Technology sector as a programmer analyst and am looking to start this exciting adventure toward financial independence using real estate as the vehicle.  To that end, where to start?  I have read many articles on the types of real estate investment strategies like wholesaling, buy and flip (and buy and hold), structuring deals for no money down seller financing and even investing in notes!  Currently I have little to no money to invest on my own (it all goes to bills and groceries!) so I have to figure out ways to begin investing with OPM (other people's money), which I've been trying to learn a lot about.

I guess a concrete goal would be appropriate.  I desire to make $80,000 annual cash flow income from real estate in one year.  Is that feasible?  Am I shooting to high?  I am really excited about being a part of these forums and look forward to learning and then paying it forward to help others.  

Thanks for taking the time to read this post and look forward to talking with everyone more!

[Rick H.]

I say, never mess with the goals of the other guy (or gal). 

Is $80K possible? 

Absolutely!  

The real question has to do with  if you are prepared to do what's required to learn the foundations of real estate investing, strategies, tactics, financing, title, escrow, marketing, deal structuring, develop acquisition systems, investors, associate networks and management of properties, rent collection, cash flow, taxes, etc.

This is all took me a lot longer than one year, but you might be very dedicated. 

As to your numerical goal, you can certainly exceed that (and ultimately by a large margin).

Most would-be real estate investors get distracted along the way but have lots of smart phone apps.