I am 26, about to graduate with a BS in Computer Science, and living in Portland, OR.

Hello all,My name is Andrew, I am 26 and about to graduate with a Computer Science degree.

From building a 2 story garage addon to our house (which i have done with only 1 other person.. from the framing to the roofing to the siding to interior), electrical, to computer programming, mechanics (building a 550hp street/strip car right now from the ground up knowing the in-and-outs of every aspect. give me a broken car and i will diagnose and fix it on my own), to multiple investing avenues.

Just some background on myself, I'm currently a welder but have experience in other fields such as auto mechanics, computer hardware and software, Paint and body.

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I told my buds that one was a big hitter for (large, Houston based computer company) and the other was a software designer for (big, Houston based software company) and while both had excellent taste in homes and cars neither knew jack about handling money.My buddy said; "well, you may be a slumlord, but at least your slums are on golf courses".

It was written by a real estate agent that said he would post everywhere he could for hours on end to drive traffic to his website.I find that after I put my kids to bed, I head up to my computer (around 9pm) and I don't get off it until after midnight (in fact, this post is at 12:11am).

Some real estate agents might produce summary documents (beyond just an MLS listing report).Lets exchange ideas and more importantly specific examples so that we can see what is the best of breed.After I get on the other computer I will work up an example of the REAP output.

.$130,000 Purchase price $2,600 Purchase closing costs $25,000 repairs $12,600 interest (computed on above items, 16%, 6 mo, $157,600) $11,900 points (computed on above items, 7 points on $170,000) $3,000 holding costs (insurance, taxes, utilities) $17,600 sales closing costs (6% for agents, 2% for other costs)$202,700 total costs$220,000 sales price $17,300 potential profitThat's sort of a worst case for the hard money costs.

Nothing with popups on either of the computers that I have ( Windows 2000, and XP home).