While I'm open to local opportunities, the Bay Area at first glance seems a bit competitive for me with my full-time job in technology and somewhat modest amount of income earmarked for a first acquisition, and I suspect there might be clearer opportunities for solid cash flow elsewhere.

spoke with a  small builder that has a project  earmarked  to make close to  170K   ...but due to delays  for multiple  diff reasons  - he  recently sold the  property and made less than  20K  ( he  worked on this for  over a year )!

With every sale, I made I would bank the commission check in a separate account earmarked for future investments.

I guess when real estate has worked so well that would do it.It seems like you could have used that money earmarked for your retirement mutual funds to instead invest in even more real estate, resulting in even more profit?

I once met a compulsive gambler who even blew money earmarked for a down payment on a house on the ponies.

Our members will be fully funded on their earmarks. 2.

I finished it last week and I am now going back through it to read and listen to the various podcasts, articles and blogs that I earmarked throughout the book.

Counting security deposits I’ve got about 2 months in reserves earmarked for the rental property.