I've been to a couple meetups here in Fargo and though I haven't fully immersed myself in the RE game here, it was great being with like-minded individuals and hearing from folks that actually plunged in the market here.

I've been going to the trustee auction for about two years now and finally decided to take the plunge and do my first short term flip.

I know every person is different... but I'm betting that if you try to wait to do option 2, you'll be looking back at this point in time a year or two from now and wishing you'd just taken the plunge sooner with option 1.

Friends:Thanks to some great info on this site (Mike OH etc), I finally am taking the plunge.

I've already taken the plunge, and have acquired 3 single family homes with built-in equity that cash flow nicely.

hello all, and let me start by saying i know i am probably beating a dead horse here. i've read similar topics but would like a little more specific advice to help with that warm and fuzzy so thank you in advance for sticking with me.back to the question at hand... i am into my tenth year of service in the military and have always been a renter. i kick myself for not taking the plunge into buying my own home before now but the thought of being a home owner / landlord is very intimidating. but regardless my wife and i have made up our minds its time to invest some of our income and get a return on my BAH. we are currently in fayetteville nc and have settled on the idea of buying a house around $115,000 putting our mortgage with tax and insurance around $700 a month in an area that rents in the $900-$1000 range. our plan is to put as much into the mortgage as we are willing to spend on rent ($1200) to help pay it down before we PCS again. when we do then rent it out and use it as an investment property. cash flow would be nice here, but since we want to move into a livable home and i dont have the resources / time to rehab a fixer upper breaking even is okay with us. long term goal here is to sell when i retire to effectively collect on what our renters have put into the house for us.are we off our rockers here?

I am new to REI and would like to shadow experienced investors like you before I make the plunge with a multifamily property in a few months.

As an investor and someone who has a full time job, I would like to hear from others in this situation who took the plunge to get their MLO?

Took the plunge!

Thanks To Bigger Pockets and extensive reading and research we feel as if we can take the plunge and potentially replace her salary this year and mine in a year or two.