Keeping the property, has me kinda close in my debt to income ratio (well on paper at least not in reality but that's a whole other story), and with the storm coming that is probably not were I want to be.The only rush we have is the fact that we have a newborn coming, and no nursury, but the reality is that the baby is gonna be in mothers arms non stop for the next 6 months, I spent the first year with our firstborn sleeping on the couch!

I'm trying to learn as much as possible and for now my "main" lessons would be:1 Get off the couch now2 You make your profit when you buy3 Cash(flow) is King4 Treat this as a business not as a hobbyI live in Holland and over here EVERYTHING is regulated and real estate is no exception.

People actually cared enough to get off of the couch and exercise their right to vote.

.), but it's a start and at least they're off their couches and into Capitol Hill, where the battle gets waged.http://www.inman.com/hstory.aspx?

We brought in a couch, end table, and a dining room table to show that you can have both in the space.

I call this site my bible.I've learned so much and I've met a few interesting people.I now feel confident enough to a deal instead of sitting on my couch and reading rei books......THANKS BIGGER POCKETS..

I recently started a home improvement company - albeit mostly to get my sparsely-employed-as-of-late-contractor-boyfriend off the couch..( He is great at what he does, not so at sales, marketing, follow up, paperwork, keeping books, which I am now handling, along with some light assistance to actual physical work)...Anyway I'm starting my first rehab shortly and was planning to just do the work (it's a light job) between he, I and maybe another guy we know.

I have no idea what I'm doing (I hesitate to say I am "new" to real estate investing because I'm not doing any investing by definition) but this is what I've been doing as well.Luckily my city has records online so I can see how much a house was sold for and on what date without getting off the couch.

I'm sure I'm missing some steps but you get the picture. 90% of success in this business is getting off the couch, finding deals and showing up.I hope this helps.Good luck

I've been chained to my couch today perusing all kinds of posts here, and it got me thinking about my recent closings.