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I originally wanted to build my "empire" in real estate sales, but I've never really fully enjoyed being a Realtor.

It's called the "Inland Empire Real Estate Investors Club".

New investor from the Inland Empire here.  

The reason this is very important is that taking out a big loan on an investment property is not recommended bc u might get stuck having to pay the mortgage and if the mortgage is too high u might default and thus result in a foreclosure and ruining ur credit.Most ppl I personally knew, they started very small and built their empire one stone at a time.

If they are spending more than 10% on rent and NNN, then they may be in trouble.That's our guideline here in the Inland Empire area of Southern California.  

Are you expecting your rentals to keep you busy or do you want to ignore them and play golf/fish/go sailing (or skiing, I see your in Denver).If you're looking to build an empire and stay really busy with the real estate, you should not only use the buyout as downpayments on new properties  but you should also take a loan out on the commercial property and buy more. 

Trying to start a real estate empire.

I look forward to networking with people in the Inland Empire out here in the beautiful sunny southern California.

after reading and studying everything I can about real estate investing and watching from the sidelines (Still continuing to learn daily) I'm finally making the plunge into this and taking the first steps necessary to achieving my goals of investing and acquiring rental properties with a focus on multifamily and eventually larger properties with 5+ units in the Inland Empire area and Southern California and parts of Nevada as well.