Originally posted by @Steve Babiak:Did anybody notice that the one post in this thread that is just about totally wrong has received the most votes to date?

Nobody ever went broke over a duplex, I know this now,  but I have to admit I had some serious doubts about this when I started 16 years ago, I bought every course I could find, already on CD's, this was post cassette tapes lol, and I paid RichDad Education for a one year coaching program (turned out my coach was a girl in a call center without any actual experience). 

You have gotten so many great tips already.  

You’re going to have to find a specialized function that can’t be farmed out to the Philippines in the $5-$10/hr range.

Hey@Joe S. a lot of of us have the word coach in our keyword alerts.

Hope this helps!

This is useful information but much more useful would be a look at the pitfalls.

Thanks for the tip.

In fact, some of the best opportunities in real estate come from properties that others overlook—distressed homes with potential that just need the right investor to bring them back to life.If you’ve been in the game long enough, you know that distressed properties can offer huge upside, but they also come with their own set of challenges.

How do I access a portion of that equity to fund the purchase of 1-2 more MFR properties in more affordable markets like OH, IN, MI, PA, TN, or AL?