@Charlie Gomez, listen to episode 6 of Keith Weinhold’s Get Rich Education podcast on why financially free beats debt free.  

Perhaps your parents or rich uncle would like an 8% return.Seller financing. 

This community is such a supportive resource, and the opportunities for education are rich.

Investors and rich people do not own anything they control it by having it in LLCs and Trusts.

I'm getting a little wrapped around the axle on this one, and anyone who can help me out will be richly rewarded with my eternal gratitude.  

.#3 Read everything here at BP and read Robert Kiyosaki's book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" this week.#4 Your credit matters when you start dealing with lenders so be smart about building a good score while keeping your debt to income as low as you can.#5 Even if you don't agree with everything Dave Ramsey has to say about finances.

If you search book recommendations on the site you'll find a ton (Rich Dad Poor Dad, Millionaire Real Estate Investor, etc...).

This community is such a supportive resource, and the opportunities for education are rich.

Oh and NY isn't particularly the best place to start real estate investing in lol (the city's meant for the rich).

I started with........as many of you may have guessed, with "Rich Dad, Poor Dad."