Yup, cant agree more REI.Somebody please also show me the no risk fast rewards lane.

No exceptions.To encourage and draw good tenants, I offer lots of rewards.

You can get the rewards without the risk.

Right now you are pumped up over the dollars you are seeing, and not taking note of the risk vs reward.

Ozzy,as mentioned above look for reputable hard money lenders in your own area and many lenders offer what Norris group does. at the end of the day with any investment you want to be very low risk and high margin.Most people look at real estate as high risk, high reward and I am very anti that, with every investment comes risk, now it all depends how you want to handle that risk, either by pass it(don't even invest into it) or simply minimize it by making sure its very low risk.Real estate investments are NOT passive at all unless you just hand over your money to someone and let them do every thing and make sure they pay you back plus interest and there is recourse, you also want to look into as if you ever needed to liquidate how fast can you be out and how much control can you have over it.

My ambition is either going to reward me or kill me....we shall see!

All of those are good things to do.Despite what peole say, this is a hard business, but a rewarding one.

I used to play the stock market, but with the relative risk and reward to investing in real estate, why continue, right?

These "back end" points, as they are called, can be thought of as a reward or bonus for the broker selling a loan that makes the lender extra money, such as an interest rate slightly above market.Consider this example:Let's say the current going rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is 4.5%, paying ZERO points.

From personal experience as an out of state investor, I'd say investing in cheaper properties ($50k>), and getting rents in excess of $900/month in undesirable neighborhoods, does not reap the rewards that initially look great on paper.