I love creating excel spreadsheets and using it to analyze, minimize costs and increase profits.I look forward to networking, making new friends and business partners.N

I'm a corporate accountant and use Excel. 

That loan would have cost you an APR of about 29%.Certainly, the market could be the other way - but you asked for downsides...Rob--This is an excellent point.  

South Dallas, in particular, seems virtually ignored, and there are excellent areas around there for growth (e.g.

Daphne V. if you are just starting and want to be simple (as well as free potentially) I have no problem telling people to get started on Excel (or Google sheets) to track and categorize expenses.  

@Brian Erlich -Very few (if any) excellent contractors are going to be willing to let the customer buy materials themselves.

Not only was it a great opportunity to meet with so many other like-minded people, but an excellent chance to hear some really useful information from the keynote speakers who are obviously very experienced and quite successful in their field of endeavor.

@Douglass Benson thank you, that's an excellent idea!  

It is truly unique, offers excellent ROI and the starting investment is just $10k: Have I Found the Holy Grail of Passive Real Estate Investing?

Excellent choice -- both of profession and community.