(It happens to be my thing, so it works out great)

Trent Hamm wrote a great article on financial myths this week, and speaks to this issue of home ownership and costs here.- In blue-ish political areas, renters are actually on the right side of the political rhetoric.

Finally, depending on your return strategy and risk spread, different markets is something you may want to consider, for example you may want to spread your eggs beyond your immediate territory to enhance your buyers market experience, I know I may open up a bag of worms with my next statement, but consider turnkey operators in different market to help enhance your buyers market experience.

my top 2 for 2015 were The One Thing and The e-Myth Revisited...

College is not my thing, party hard lifestyle isnt either, I get bored very easily with many different things and I want to feel completely free to do what I want to do,when I want to.

Don't get caught up in the sunk time cost myth.

You can compare a book to a multi billion dollar company and pretend that they are the same thing, but they are not.Marketing is my thing, I am very good an owner financing, and other parts of real estate investing, but marketing is my gig.

So my thing is this:  What advice would you give to my friend if he asked you what he should do?

I am working hard to enhance my knowledge of discounted cash flow modeling for portfolios/complex capital stacks in ARGUS, CMBS securitization, syndication and commercial construction/development.   

So I got the rest of my things and had to leave the class.