I am South African.

Your motivating and encouraging words help immensely.

I've failed plenty of times in my life and have learned immense amounts from my failures in prior businesses and in my prior failures-to-start-ideas.

Thank you all for your insight, it's immensely appreciated!

I was a welder at one point, and still have my truck-mounted rig and truck, and honestly, I enjoy Arc-time immensely.  

Hey Everyone,I am a student at The Ohio State University (please view my profile to see more specific information about myself and my REI goals if you wish to do so) and I hope to learn as much as I possibly can before I graduate, as I will be jumping immediately into my real estate career and I hope to accomplish immense growth in my portfolio the first several years.I am looking for any investor meet-ups or clubs in the Columbus area.

Not for all couples, but it works for us, and there is an immense amount of financial trust in our relationship because everything is visible to both people.That's more marriage advice than real estate advice, but I couldn't imagine it any other way for us.

“Because of widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the US criminal justice system,” HUD’s new guidelines read, “criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing are likely disproportionately to burden African-Americans and Hispanics. . . .

I dislike those immensely (because they can become luke warm / cold while the ink is drying, right after paying top dollar)! 

That looks like a wealth of information and a great place to get started....all of the direction is immensely appreciated!