All Forum Posts by: James Vermillion

I love ambiguous titles and they are everywhere in real estate. One thing I have found out is often times when you are not sure what a title means, it means they don't really do anything. Of course this is not always the case. Sometimes large companies (and new companies trying to sound large) come up with ridiculous titles to try to make people sound more important (and knowledgeable) than they really are.

Where did you come across these specific titles...that might help us figure out what they mean (if anything).

+1. That is exactly what I do. Throw Credit Karma in the mix with that strategy and you should always have a pretty good idea of what your credit report looks like.

Welcome to BP Jharmaine! It sounds like you have a much tougher job than most of us with 7 kids. Please let us know how we can help you get started.

A huge congrats to your Deborah! I am ready and hunting for my first multi-family too...well done!

Welcome to BP Kyle and thanks for your service. I started investing while I was AD Air Force and have only been out for about 11 months, so I understand some of the challenges (and perks) of investing while you are in the service. Please let me know if you need anything (and stay safe in the sandbox).

The first step in my opinion would be to stop spending money on more seminars and start spending money on real estate. While not all of those seminars and classes are bad, there are many people (myself included) who got started in real estate without ever paying to attend one. J Scott is correct, it seems like that you have already taken a lot of time on the education phase, so you need to start thinking about how you can put that education into action (otherwise you will never make a cent).

When you hit roadblocks, look on BP for the answers and if you cannot find them, ask...this community is incredible and will help you along the way if you ask for it.

I appreciate everyone who contributes here on BP, I think most are here to help others (and learn a little bit too). I'm not sure anyone meant to look down on others, but I know some of the landlords here have been in the business for a long time and have seen just about everything, and that experience might be reflected in their posts. Trust me though, Bill has helped a lot of people on this board and probably in a lot of other places as well. If you stick around you will probably say something that ruffles someones feathers a little bit, no big deal.

Also, Bill's comment "poor people have poor ways" has a lot of truth to it.

I think it was a relevant question Mike B. I believe Mike was alluding to the fact that sometimes people who are not landlords have an easier time telling landlords to be nice, because they are not personally invested in the situation.

I consider myself to be a very compassionate and understanding person, but I also believe that if I set policies, I need to stand by them, as I am expected to on my end. Leniency on such policies can often make people feel good about doing a good deed, only to later cause bigger problems.

What about just two days? or just three? Where is the cutoff? I understand where you are coming from, but things get cloudy when you start wavering from your policies.

Welcome Wayne! What kind of real estate investing are you most interested in? What kind of research have you done over the past 8 months?