But one thing I've been contemplating and would like to ask you is how do you plan to continue to grow your business without your 9-5?

Hubby would 'not' contemplate living in a multi-family unit and needs his space - after his decades of service to the military, I respect his stand on this - hence we are looking for a multi-family as an investment but we will stay in our current SFR home.  

I’m originally from Colombia as well and still have friends in Colombia that are involve in Real estate (builders in CRE and Residential).After this blogging I’m going to connect back and do my reserch and really contemplating toInvest in in my city Medellin.

I think your getting a little worked up here.. its normal at least in every deal I have ever done that I PAY FOR MY OWN phase one.. not the seller... and if you already know there was a gas station that's all the phase one is going to do is tell you what you already know... the bottom line is you need soil samples if your worried about this.to me its the cost of doing business and should have been contemplated by YOU when you wrote your offer.. you don't want to rely on sellers inspection reports.. you want to do them yourself and pay for them yourself so you have the consultants E and O and other fiduciary to YOU not the seller. 

Jessie Griffin I would love to hear more about this as I'm currently contemplating "parking" some cash for a shorter period of time to not have it sit around doing nothing until I find another deal.

 I've never said I was starting a REIA, I was contemplating the idea of getting together with other investing friends monthly to just chat about our deal flow/business.

I've been contemplating getting into this career path and would like to get some feedback on the general experiences that people who are commercial brokers have had.

Interesting I am contemplating something very similar.

(In pro-per) When (ever) I receive contact from the PR (In pro-per) and for whatever reason they're having a tough time keeping the court calendar appearance (mandatory) I refer to an attorney to whom I have a working relationship with and maybe get the listing in the future.So many probate files @Rick H. that for awhile I was also contemplating working Marin and San Mateo counties as well.But that would be to much on my plate.Right now I'm just enjoying the journey even if it gets bumpy...How's it going for you @Mark Gustafson in S.D.?

I'm contemplating on selling my first house over the next year or so because I no longer live in the same area.