@Ian Olmsted it just depends on your own personal goals and where you want your financial life to look like in the next year, five years, ten years, ect...

And yeah make sure to see if they're on a lease (usually 1 year) or month-to-month (ideal).Best if the thing is vacant Ian's get the ACTUAL rent roll!

@Ian R.

I agree that actual real estate experience or learning from someone will have more value than reading books@Chris Baxter Chris, Thanks for the book recommendation@Aaron Mazzrillo It is quite possible that engineering could set me back, it is unwise to group all engineers under that category@Ian Walsh Great to know, I can only hope for the same affect.

Ian Reeves

I dont wholesale nor am I an agent but in my eyes get your money and keep it moving, no need to bash one another.

Great point @Ian Tudor, I'm also going to try to include investors on that list and see if I can possibly enter an agreement with them to buy their house when the flip is complete.

So to solve his problem I was thinking of suggesting sell off 500k and I an leverage this into may 15 duplexes or 7 fourplexes to produce around 7500 of income a month for him Assuming around $250 a door per month net of expenses.  

Originally posted by @Ian Walsh:Hang out with that guy more often if you don't like money and don't want to be rich. 

As you can see I'm stuck similar @Ian Tudor friend.