Central Florida and Florida in general over the last 10 years saw a lot of bad actors in the roofing and insurance adjusting space promising homeowners they could get them a free roof if they would assign their benefits to them and then filing roof damage claims after any kind of storm event and if the insurance companies denied the claim then filing lawsuits.

Have on of your friends be an actor and ask him questions about how you helped him, etc.

That involves drama, strange actors, or just bad situations in general.  

Well, I'd love to fill this intro with rose and candy but the truth is, I screwed up, big time.Between the easy money and a serious alcohol addiction, my partner and I ran through a million plus in about 3 years.

That is what the car dealer does, that is what the stock investor does, heck it is what the owner of a 7-11 does when he buys a case of candy bars.

Not angry.After stating a few things people were apparently too hopped up on haloween candy to read them before hitting the "reply" button, so I wanted to help them out, make it real clear.

We've leveraged that as much as we can and hope to continue doing that.One challenge we've faced is getting spread too thin and I'm still trying to figure out where our energy will be best spent... definitely like a kid in a candy store trying different niches (agent, builder, developer, and we're starting to work with an escrow company on establishing a REIT to access larger properties) and getting my hand slapped here and there and learning lessons.It's still hard to determine what is the best area to focus on because it seems like the transaction to transaction variability in profit (and loss) within a niche is greater than the variability between the different niches... makes it hard to nail down a niche to really focus on.Anyone with hands-down advice or strong opinions on where to focus, please do share!

@Brandon Turner @Lucas Vaughn @Andrew Herrig @Ali Boone @Curtis C. @Andy

I'm a 25 year old working actor and I'm looking to get into real estate investing.

I feel like a kid in the candy store.