But it starts with realizing oneself how little you know.

Hi @Stephanie Sicard, If you want to start with multifamily, which you certainly can, don’t let the opinion of one self interested person get you off track.

Personally I think its easier to establish oneself and then begin investing with money outside of what you need for living expenses.

Those things basically read "You will not win if you try to sue me unless I am a high-level crook, so be prepared for that" -- and then you either like the operator/team/asset/location/asset class, or you can't deal with the passivity and lack of control.I get the same feeling when I play poker: if I think I can win, then go for it -- but calling the person who took your money a fool and requesting your money back just ain't gonna happen.I suppose one gets some measure of relief knowing the track record, the skills, and the integrity of the operator, and imagining oneself in a "herd" -- after all, these $10, $20, $50 million dollar equity-side investments don't happen unless dozens of doctors and millionaires have faith and confidence in the operator and investment.

It's kind of like being a real estate agent in that way; distinguishing oneself from the pack isn't that hard.

I know you stated this as an example, but will It be possible to pay oneself less than 40% of net if I flip just one property in what is left of the year?

I was recently looking at county auction sites and wanted to get some input on ways to protect yourself from buying these "as is" properties.

My main concern would be checking for clean title since this is not guar...

Nothing more, or less.I don't know about where you are, but where I am there's too big and variable buyer pool to confine oneself to a buyer's list.

You can see the whole story here... post-Katrina our community seems to have a much larger homeless population and I certainly don't have the answers.http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3976/blog_posts/29153-squattersDoes anyone have any experience with short term alarm contracts or with installing rudimentary alarms oneself?

There's only one life to live for everyone, and feeling good, feeling proud of oneself, is a benefit.c) It did save money on the early deals for future deals.