Now they are even introducing a 50-year amortized loan to perpetuate rising prices as long as they can, but the bleeding has begun and unless they come out with a 60 or 80-year amortized loan soon there will be no stopping the bleeding.

i congratulate you for thinking ahead.... i wish i would have begun investing when i was in college!

PapesmurfYou know Ive been educating myself, been reading books, and of course joining great forums like this and has definetly begun building my confidence on doing it.

Being a college town there are a ton of rentals.However, recently I have begun contacting people who rent out property.

I'm happy and grateful for the opportunity, but a little frightened too because I've only just begun educating myself on investing since January, 2007.

Their REO to rental plan has begun to dry up as prices rise and inventory shrinks in their target markets, so they are just shifting their money to other ventures.

I have indeed begun listening to the podcasts and have been spending a lot of time reading here.

I recently have begun the process to purchase my first home, which will be my primary residence, and am surprised at the process (closing at the end of January).

I am now making the leap of faith into marketing for deals.I have begun with some test mailing campaigns to measure the response rates, etc.

I've also begun to explore flipping as well.