All Forum Posts by: JAMIE Doyle

Originally posted by Jason Simpson:

Congrats on finding the forums, and on finding a local group! Whether it takes you a month, a year, or 5 years to pull the trigger, you're already leaps and bounds ahead of those sitting in the lazy boy watching tv and hoping that someone else has their future taken care of!! You'll get there!!

thanks jason...
well i'm not in a lazy boy, i'm in a cheap uncomfortable chair at my computer "KNOWING" that my future isn't taken care of. all i can do is read and imagine that comfy chair in front of the nice desk in my own office where i will do my business from in the future :-) thanks to all for the encouragement.

so i got a class schedule for our local community college yesterday and as i do every time we get one i started thumbing through it, i like to see whats offered and hope something will spark my interest. well this time and for the first time there is actually rei courses, 3 two day, two hour courses more like workshops for 30$ ea. and 5 online classes, 12 two hour online courses.

my question is has anyone ever done a course like this at a community college? i mean are they worth while? i dont mind putting time and money into something like this if it's worth while but if its just a review of sorts of things i already know then i would not be interested as much.

has anyone had this experience? or maybe list the best time and money spent during your learning process, books, guru, REIA, etc.

Originally posted by Arlene Eckert:

The best advice I ever received was join a local Real Estate Investor group. You have actually people to talk to and meet with. The best think I ever did along with reading and educating myself.

Investigate a couple and see where you are most comfortable.

Best of Luck, keep us posted.

thanks... i found a rei association here in my city and am very interested in checking them out. they meet 4 or 5 times a month around town and every first monday a small group of them get together to play "rat race". 10$ for non-members to attend meetings... 75$ to join, i think if i like it whats 75 bucks these days right? thanks to all for the information, warnings and support. i am so glad i found this forum...

Originally posted by MikeOH:

Originally posted by Nick Johnson:

have you read "think and grow rich"

no i havent read that one yet but i'll look into it. little tip for anyone out there like me, go to half.com. it's part of e bay and has everything pretty cheap. thats where i get my books, my first was rich dad poor dad and i think i got it for 4 or 5 $ shipping included. thanks for the suggestion nick.

when will i be ready to pull the trigger???, thats a tough question i ask myself every day. i am a 31 yr old husband and father of two who gets up and goes to a job every day to make other people wealthy. i am truly deep in the trenches of the "rat race" and it's killing me to see it every day. it also kills me to se everyone around me every day that is exactly where i am and they dont even know it, they're too busy worrying about vacation, 401k, house payments and all the toys they can get loans for.

well i'm reading all i can get my hands on and cruising this as well as other forums all the time. i am determined to someday work for myself even if it's just enough to support my family. one thing that is lucky for me is that we are accustomed to living below our means, meaning we can get by on very little compared to others.

i have absolutely !NO! capitol and less than desirable credit, as r.d.p.d. states i work my a$$ off trying to get out of debt but am really going no where.

i have heard it all... no money down, investors, wholesale, probate as well as some other avenues to get started. what i am asking here is this...

how can i possibly know when i'll be ready??? i have obligations to people and it's not that i'm afraid of failing (i've experienced that plenty in my short 30 yrs) but how can i know... i'm not looking to up and quit my job, that's just ludicrous as far as im concerned... i'm more worried about getting in too deep too fast and having to not only work my full time but work full time on a side project.

i am very interested in getting into rentals both res. and com but i've been told not to just jump into it, then i read books that say the best way to learn is to suit up and jump in
:roll: i should probably be posting this in the psychology forum instead huh :lol: well thats all that i have to say about that... if you're still reading... well thanks for giving me a minute to vent my thoughts to you...

thank you for the info posted to my topic. i am really here to learn all i can since i really know very little about rei. i have read a couple books and am just compiling all the knowledge i can get my hands on for now. there is a rei association where i live and they meet 6 times a month at various places around the city here, i am considering checking out a couple meetings there.

well thanks again and i will be looking into those avenues you suggested.

noob here. wanting to learn all i can to get my feet wet in REI. focused mainly on acquiring rentals in the near future building a small empire, or just enough to get up and work for myself instead of someone else every day ;-) excited about getting to know other members and do some networking hopefully. :lol: