Another being that my wife grew up in a family that owned and managed residential property.

33K in student loans, about 11k on plastic (wedding/honeymoon/school), plus houseMy experience in real estate is limited to spending time with my grandfather growing up.He had several rental houses and would always be working on them.As I grew up and paid more attention to the business side of his work I realized that he was working just to stay busy and not working to create more income.His end goal was always to create more income but he was always distracted by the job of remodeling and updating.He has been my mentor and main father figure for years but now it is time I “upgrade” to someone capable of guiding me in the direction I want to go.I will always love my grandfather but his business sense is not one I need to follow.My goals in real estate are to create a “four hour work week” (gotta love the Tim Ferriss way of life) by a combination of buy and hold and flips.I hope to use this method to create a stable business and then move into apartment complexes.After lurking on this site I have learned about the different rules needed to ensure profit out of each.In my farm area there are many MLS deals that fall into these numbers.Now it is just about raising funds.I would love to find some Sub2 deals.Famous FourFavorite real estate book Never read one.Bigger Pockets Favorite business book Poke the Box by Seth Godin, 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, and No More Mondays by Dan Miller Hobbies include working on cars and spending time with friends and family.These are very important to me and I do not get enough time with my desk job with either.What is thing that sets apart successful investors from those that fail Getting back up on the horse after failing and not letting friends and family tell you that being an investor is a stupid idea.

I grew up in Long Beach CA, so wondered if your Riverside title was CA.  

The neighborhood that grew up around her is one of the most prestigious in the area or something.

He grew up in Mt.

Hi Tasha, I have never lived there but grew up in the eastern part of the state.

(I grew up in Cincy.)

I grew up in Fayetteville.

I grew up in the small town of Zanesville Ohio about 60 miles east of Columbus.I've spent most of my life working in the IT profession and I am new to Real Estate Investment.

Actually from living in Deltona and now this area there are several similarities in the general town development that I have seen.Daytona or Orlando may be your nearest REIA, I haven't checked for Deltona but know Orlando is the closest to here.Deltona and Palm Bay both grew very quickly residentially but lagged significantly for the commercial development and relied on nearby cities for most of their jobs and industry.Both have been picking up in the commercial development and as such I believe they will be great locations for investing, but with the note of caution that certain pockets of the towns will lag in value and thorough analysis should be performed for any opportunity.