Great point @Jonathan Towell personal goals wise, build a passive stream of income alongside my active income. 248 doors!

Excited to learn alongside you!

I've worked alongside my dad as he helped other investors and real estate professionals flip homes and prepare rentals.

Use it alongside of your other financing.

Investing in NYC is extremely expensive, but out of state investing without a good team is difficult, especially when working 80+ hours per week.Hope to learn as much as possible alongside everyone, especially on how to find and build a good team, pick a geographic location and manage the property at a distance.Cheers,Alex

Aside from school, I am working alongside a mentor who is starting a new healthcare venture, and he is teaching me the ins and outs of starting a business.Currently, I have set a goal for myself to acquire at least 1 rental property, and generate positive cash flow from it, by February 1st, 2017.

For example, I read / heard somewhere that in order to qualify for another FHA loan (for your second home) you would need to have at least 20% equity in your first property (the initial multifamily used alongside the FHA loan that is).Again, I'll stress that I am just as new to this as you are, so perhaps something like what I mentioned wouldn't really occur or wouldn't really be an issue. 

Your friend didn't mention this but it goes alongside the handyman statement.

"There will be no shutdown," Murphy said at a news conference in Trenton, alongside legislative leaders with whom he had negotiated for about four hours, after a series of unsuccessful meetings during the week.

I am a newbie in the world of real estate, still learning and gaining as much knowledge as possible, alongside my partner, before we make the first real step into this journey of REI.