Morgan and Carnegie and Standar Oil all built the beginnings of their massive industrial empires during the great depression.

Newbie here from the Inland Empire region of Southern California.I'm currently a program manager in a large consulting firm and am looking to grow my wealth outside of the 8 to 7 job.

PS: I am looking for another REO to purchase, must be in the Inland Empire.

As long as you can prove you did what you promised this time, when applying for the next one, you will not get jammed up.You can in theory nomad your way into quite the RE empire if your family can bear the burden of moving frequently enough to satisfy your real estate goals.Put 5% down in your head so you can get PMI that drops off without having to ever refinance.

I would love to network with other investors, flippers, wholesalers, agents/brokers in the Los Angeles / Inland Empire area.

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All of them start taking time, they all ***** and the latest breed of investor who is mortgaged beyond belief expects that for 10% you will build his dream empire.

What you all have here is truly amazing.I was raised in Southern California's Inland Empire, and at the age of 20 years old in 2000 I had my my first and only false start in REI.

I'm here to learn, connect, and work with all of those who are interested in building a real estate investment empire, whether you're an experience or new investor, fix & flip or buy & hold.

Although we are much smaller scale :) We are still forming our "empire".