The minute integrity goes away you have lost yourself and your soul in pursuit for the almighty dollar.If I found out someone was misleading like that regarding proof of funds I would not want to work with them.  

I would imagine that it has less to do with what you say and more to do with how you say it.He already said that he likes your drive and your continuous pursuit of knowledge.

Actually, I think you are a step ahead in looking at the "something more..." aspects as folks just looking to make a set amount of money may get distracted or discouraged and shift to other investments or pursuits. 

Either find property managers to take over the part you don't like or sell and find other investment pursuits that suit you and thereby create less stress.

expense deductionSo, like another poster mentioned, I knew that I needed an additional source of income to fund my REI pursuits, as the returns that I am getting on my 401K now is pretty good (one of my parents retired 4 years ago with only her 401K mutual fund investments (drawing 4% of total) and one rental property (600/mo cash flow, condo paid off), and believe me, life is good for her, so there is no "doom and gloom" if you have only a 401K as a retirement vehicle).Although many may disagree, I personally would advise against dropping your 401K investment to save money for REI. 

The amount of available credit you're using on revolving accounts is heavily weighted.Length of credit history: -- How long ago you opened accounts and time since account activity.Types of credit used: -- The mix of accounts you have, such as revolving and installment.New credit:-- Your pursuit of new credit, including credit inquiries and number of recently opened accounts.There are plenty of great resources on this site to do your own due diligence.

How's this pursuit going?

Hello everyone,I'm 21 years old and have been serving on active duty as a US Marine for the past 3 years and plan on attending college at Arizona State to begin the pursuit of my MBA in 2 years immediately after I finish my enlistment, but my "big time" goal in life is to become a multifamily real estate investor and create my own chain of luxury apartment complexes all over the United States and potentially all around the world, and from there become a venture capitalist and invest in small tech startups that have huge potential, but just not enough funds to get it started.I'm still currently educating myself on the subject of real estate investing and real estate in general (reading books, listening to podcasts, studying markets in different areas, etc) and I look forward to networking and learning from all of you here and potentially even shadow/work with some of you sometime in the near future!

Now that I have had a taste of it, I want more.My pursuit of getting more educated in this domain, before getting more heavily involved, led me to the bigger pockets podcasts, which has now brought me here.

@Jessica Vollendorf, I spent 20 years in property & casualty insurance for whatever that's worth, however you should know that I sold my agency several years ago and I did not renew my licenses.You should first have a "Business Owners Policy" covering your LLC’s business pursuits, property etc, etc.