There is tons of free info on this site so I suggest you stay active and read as much as you can in the forums, ask questions (like you are here) and learn from others willing to help.

Account Closed I would just focus your free time outside of school on educating yourself as much as you can in real estate so when you graduate you are ready to rock and roll.

This market will shed a lot of fat – inflated prices, investors who don't know what they're doing, realtors who aren't good, bad purchases, etc.

Your risk may be different.If you are able to get a higher rate of return with your property than you can in whatever funds you're invested in with your 401k, why not?

Try to add the futuristic lenses into your analysis whenever you can. In

I'm going to network and see as much as I possibly can in the week I'm there.

I think what people (especially RE investors) often mean with a 401k being a "bad investment" is that they feel can make higher returns in real estate than they can in typical 401ks that have very limited asset choices.

Good luck and you'll need a fat wallet if the tank ruptured.

I dunno, that is a big fat issue for me here with any Probate attorney, if one is involved.

I too believe that the F-in gov-mint should keep their fat noses out of all the cokkie jars where they don't belong, but that certainly will not change, so, all we can do is adjust when adjustments are needed.If the article is, in fact, pointing to large institutional buyers who will take down the bulk assets, I am willing to bet that many of them will leak them to us smaller investors, and perhaps at better prices than what you currently find on the market.