My goal is to use as much of my W2 income to invest in building and growing a real estate business that thrives.  

Knowing what you know now...Let me start...I will teach myself to STOP the "No money down" guru crap I was about to embark on (so I can avoid bankruptcy)I will teach myself to have FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE - not show off but live a modest, simple, and FRUGAL lifeI will teach myself to FOCUS ON THE BIG DEALS and I will teach myself HOW to do BIG DEALS, instead of wasting time on the smaller dealsI will teach myself how to RAISE CAPITAL, combined with personal discipline so that I can have a HUGE CASH RESERVE so I can buy as many properties in the years 2008-2011 as possible- I bought a lot of properties in 2008-2011: I actually thrived during the recession but I wished I bought more :)What about the experienced real estate investors out there?

Refi out to a long term fixed loan, repeat.....obviously, the devil is in the details, but you know have the skeleton, and many people on here thrive off this formula, and generate 3-500 a month positive cash flow per month as a result.

I am excited to be part of a this thriving community.Gabriel

A saying I have heard is if you want to succeed learn from your mistakes if you want to thrive learn from the mistakes of others.

utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=booksSimply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

As for the city itself, the economy took the hit from the recession harder than any city in washtenaw county-which is a thriving county.

The book is called:  "Recession Proof Real Estate Investing, How to Survive (and Thrive!) 

By the age of 26 you will be a veteran with your own thriving company and have an extremely wonderful life.