I've been saving hard since I was twenty with my barely above minimum wage job.

I'd rather pay tax in that bracket than in the twenty-something bracket... 

Buy same category house and buy something that you are sure this is something that you can live for the next twenty years.

The difference in 'feel' between handing over a credit card and counting out the twenties is huge.

In about an hour and twenty minutes.

Sure, as far as real estate investors go, I'm still pretty young, but it just isn't the same saying "I'm a real estate investor" when you're in your 30s as it is when you're only twenty-something.Our successes to date include buying our first house one month before our wedding (REO, needed some work - isn't that what women want to be doing the last few weeks before their wedding?!)

Also with the HELOCs, my understanding is that they are typically ten years of interest only payments and then twenty of principal + interest, so just make sure that if you aren't paying back the principal during the initial ten years on those properties that once the ten year mark hits you can afford the additional principal payments that will kick in.

If you find a hud home that's a new listing, you will have a twenty day head start over the flippers since you will be an owner accurate.

We ended up buying about twenty lots that year.

A fascinating article (by, it is worth noting, an LA-based writer.)http://www.newgeography.com/content/004792-the-rus...