I will start......Just wholesaled my first property for 30k profit and now find myself indulging in some fine crown and coke......

At best I can say that I've indulged in armchair investing off and on for say about 10 years give or take.

Newbies, keep working; indulge yourselves in this.

You put yourself at a disadvantage perceptually and maybe actually if they hear something from you that indicates a weakness  or if they take action based on your recommendation and end up getting burnt and suing (yes I"m probably being overly Machiavellian today but I've seen it happen so indulge me :)Simply tell them the most important factor is they use an unrelated 3rd party called the Qualified Intermediary to handle an exchange and steer them to one. 

Hello, my name is Alex and I am starting to indulge myself into the real estate market place.

In any case, for fun and indulgence, let us do a quick calculation 🤗: 5 houses bought at, say, 200k all-cash basis (simple math): $1,000,000 initial outlay (I remember the save + work income then buy)At $5,0000 a month with the $1M gone, you get about 6% annualized return for your money (5k x 12 = 60k a year [without any other expenses]). 

But indulge me and hear me out.Does anyone ever feel or think that when they have a lead and use an online deal analysis tool or website that someone, somewhere is logging that lead and checking it out for themselves?

Exactly well in speaking with her on that matter I wished her well and I am moving on cause like I told her it's too messy for me to indulge in and online is the truth I have the records but hey I opened the door for her she can get a attorney.

Okay everyone, here we go...I'm sure that given my extensive business experience and background I'll have much more to contribute as we go along, but today is my first conversation with the Bigger Pockets community, so thank you in advance for your indulgence. 

I suggest you take some time and indulge yourself with information from this forum.