I look forward to learning from the wealth of knowledge here on the forums and blog and want to one day make intelligent contributions to others getting into in real estate.David 

BTW, in my area, Realtors like to drink beer, lose lips sink ships, that's a human intelligence center!

Welcome to BP Mark, go after your goals intelligently and with confidence!

Im a wise, intelligent, honest, and hard working beginning investor.

Yes - we'll have to agree to disagree.I cannot in good conscience promote your point of view anymore than you can promote mine.All I can do is what I do in every encounter: encourage you to get educated so you rely more on knowledge and intelligence than on defaulting to "conventional wisdom" and popular points of view.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

In order to make a intelligent business decision you would need to factor for appreciation.

I am seeking 2 things in particular: help about how to get correct and accurate information about different parts of the business and how to get started at my age, and also I am hoping that through communicating with you all I may be blessed enough to meet some amazing and intelligent people who can guide me in the right direction through my real estate journey.

And, before contacting an attorney about LLCs, read up on them so you can ask intelligent questions. 

Although my IRA is still in stocks and bonds, I want to use my leftover money every month to do something better.I'm very much a newb to real estate investing, but I love to learn about anything to do with business and making money through working intelligently (smarter not harder).

I'm intelligent enough to invest in real estates "debt" (notes) side but unfortunately I don't have the funding necessary to get out there and start.