I've been toying with the idea of investing in real estate for the past 5 years or so and I'm finally ready to take the plunge. 

Daniel found a house, did the analysis he likely learned much of here on BiggerPockets, and took the plunge!

It's scary....so any advice to take the plunge would be great.

From 1 TIM 6:9-10:Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

I just heard that the tenant tried to both plunge and snake the shower and so the blockage may be further down the line.

Hi everbody, I'm ready to take the plunge and purchase my first property in the Bay Area.

But I felt a void - it was just not exciting enough, it was a boring desk job, 9-5 nothing ever changed, hit the check boxes and go home  - I stuck around for another year and finished my degree, it was just not enough - I reached out to my business partner today, just started my Executive MBA grad degree #2 - asked for an opportunity (I was about 24 then) he gave it to me in his established property management business, I would be responsible for construction business development, had to quit my job, started working with no compensation, commision only - baby steps fast forward to today, own a medium size brokerage, established construction staff, exited and sold the retail property management business I walked into at the age of 24 and rolled out a boutique brokerage for Smartland investors only, made partner and am totallty obsessed with real estate - Its been an exciting ride so far, I am glad I took the plunge - just don't get me wrong, it takes lots of hard work, substantially more work then 9-5 but the payoff at the end is what counts : ) 

I have taken the plunge with Investor Carrot and have been pleased with the awesome support.

CA may work for some and is no doubt a beautiful state with the combo of ocean/mnts/climate, but I honestly think many would be better off by taking the plunge and moving if they can.

It would be a way to test AirB&B out in the area and get a foothold and some extra cash flow before taking the plunge on a big piece of RE or true floating home..