I love reading anything on business, real estate, investing, leadership, motivation, self help, and personal growth.

My goals (some, not all):1) Learn the BRRRR strategy out of State (eventually learning other strategies)2) Blanked out per Forum Guidelines3) Own 100 plus units (eventually apartment complexes) and retire sooner than later4) Serve others and Teach everyone who wants to learn once I gain experience 4) Invest in businesses (franchises) 5) Buy a Red Ferrari I continuously focus on personal growth, leadership, and believe in the power of a team.

Splits don't matter, you want the most mentorship and leadership available.

I got a double major in business administration/management & leadership so perhaps if I had a more specific degree in something I was passionate about it would have made sense but this business degree I have is a giant financial mistake and set me back several years. 

Duty to serve underserved markets and other requirements (a) Duty to serve underserved markets (1) 1 Duty - To increase the liquidity of mortgage investments and improve the distribution of investment capital available for mortgage financing for underserved markets, each enterprise shall provide leadership to the market in developing loan products and flexible underwriting guidelines to facilitate a secondary market for mortgages for very low-, low-, and moderate income families with respect to the following underserved markets: (A) Manufactured housing - The enterprise shall develop loan products and flexible underwriting guidelines to facilitate a secondary market for mortgages on manufactured homes for very low-, low-, and moderate-income families.In time, this legislation should help more low income families become homeowners.

It is pretty much non-existent in my company unless you are a part of the executive leadership committee (even then I would argue the effort portion is significantly smaller than their reward portion) but its better than where I am. 

Good Leadership!!

I have backgrounds and experience in Adventure based youth leadership, Construction (currently), and sales.At this time I am perusing creating this model using raw land, and building shipping container style homes/cabins on the land parcel, for use as vacation rental properties.

But Jim Cramer cautioned that while he's a big believer in Zillow's new CEO, Rich Barton, it may take some time to turn this ship around.Great management makes all the difference for many companies, Cramer reminded viewers, but sometimes even great leadership isn't enough.

Overall, helping to organize this meetup has taught me a bunch of lessons:* Organizing a meetup is a great way to connect with experienced investors* Organizing a meetup is a great way to build leadership and speaking skills* Organizing a meetup is a great way to develop strong ties to the investors in your community* Organizing a meetup is a great way to build your marketing skills* and of course, don't let distance or 'other obstacles' stand in the way.