Don't buy crap that you don't needThere are down payment assistance programs that can help you, but without your debt to earnings ratio and your credit history being strong, all the down payment assistance is not going to help you with the end goal of owning a home@Bill Gulley

Let's discuss that.All your other crap is pretty much wrong also but best to be discussed/debated separately.  

Instead, squandered it on cars and "showy" crap...Cheers to successful real estate investing!

When I bought my first house in my early twenties 10 plus years ago, I got caught up in the "i got to get started right away investing" mentality and bought a piece of crap property.  

I find there is a lot of crap involved in probate.  

Not all but a lot of people in those areas will tear the crap out of a place.  

I have a full time job that I'll never quit because I believe in it...it's a public service job, but It doesn't pay worth a crap right now( about 42k/ year).

I know that many investors consider appreciation a crap shoot and disregard it completely. 

I've never used BP marketplace so I don't know, but most of my deals I've discussed here have been crapped on by folks who think they suck. 

Wouldn't get too disheartened, there are a lot of crap lawyers out there.We've run into a few here, professional realty lawyers who are just useless.