I was recently at a meeting where the speaker stated that many investors made their seed money in other ventures such as owning restaurants, a professional career such as CPA, etc.

A little bit about myself...I was born and raised in Westchester, NY (about 45 minutes north of Manhattan) and currently have a career in Interior Design & Textile Sales, with an extensive background in residential design & construction.

Bay View I guess I'd call B+ to A, lots of young adults with careers and family, and currently a very desirable place to live.

My wife and I are aggressively upping credit score and savings to begin a REI "career".

My wife and I are aggressively upping credit score and savings to begin a REI "career".

I personally am trying to do this on the side of a career.

Do I just clean it up for a quick sell and use the money to invest in a property that's more suitable to my wallet right now?

I have a lot of goals for my Real Estate Career and I am sure making this post is going to be a step in the right direction! 

I'm a licensed REALTOR and also have a full time career.  

Even Donald Trump, with a starting grubstake of $58,000,000.00 and a billionaire father consignor ( of loans "only" up to $100,000,000.00), and working in his father's real estate business since the age of eleven (collecting the coins from the laundry rooms in his fathers apartment houses, where I first met him), saw the need for a quality education and attended and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Real Estate.So the point is that education and experience are the necessary ingredients for a successful career in real estate investing.