Quote from @Eliott Elias: People don't take action.

Now let's say one or both people making the purchase owned a condo previously where they roll over the proceeds/equity into the new purchase and put 40% down.

I think other people seeing makes me feel accountable to post along with having it written out.

:I received my Q2 distribution.Adding other people below who were waiting for this update.

So infilling an income gap via people who can disappear just as easily as appear seems short sighted to me. 

The 15-20 year run people had is gone, so be VERY careful with listening to some of these "real estate gurus." 7.

I suggest you start out by meeting like minded people and here is a link to a local meetup in the OC: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1225233-ocre...Good Investing...

This is the fork where I'm not sure if I'd be good to get some CRE exp and invest in learning about how to review deals for the next 2-3 years, or focus on generating revenue for investment purposes and watch how things are done as a LP.My personality more aligns with networking, reaching out to people, connecting, navigating difficult situations and finding solutions that work.

People listing a budget of 50k, 100k, 200k in NJ (never will happen).

While I doubt I'll be investing here (terrified that property taxes and the pension debt will ultimately cripple property values), I'm always interested in meeting new people.