We fired him last month as it was going nowhere and the quality of work was unbelievably bad.

I have never found something that I have wanted to truly and desperately pursue until now and have been absolutely addicted to soaking in as much information as I can.I've been knocking out blogs and forum threads whenever I even have a little bit of extra time and have gone as far as sneaking wireless earbuds under my beanie so that I can listen to 3-4 podcast during my work hours.I've been slowly looking at my local market and analyzing a few deals and always fantasizing about ways of how I could make it work to possibly acquire them at that current moment, but there are some obstacles I need to push through first.I have a balance of a couple grand on some credit cards(no missed payments) that I've been rapidly trying to tackle as this is my first step into opening more possible options of an early purchase even if I may not have a downpayment stocked up.Before, my initial plan was to keep on learning and educating myself with as much information that I could while saving up enough cash in order for me to be ready to house hack a property by the beginning of next year, but as I've started to learn more and more, I can't help but want to get into the process as soon as I can.I'm only 20 so technically I do have a lot of time to prepare, but I still feel as though I'm behind just because of how fast real estate investing is growing and in a time where markets are already hot.Maybe it's just reassurance that I need to hear that "I will be okay" even if I were to join the game a year later.

So 3 properties in less than a year, my husband thought I was nuts, but once you get into it...it can be addicting.

Even if we are BBQ addicts...

Hi Sue,I'm an addict too as a confession!  

Lots of the cooper was recycled by the tweekers and other addicts who resided in the place prior to my purchase. 

The resources, the community on BP is unbelievable.

Be careful, the extra income can be addicting!

Unbelievable! 

Yes, I know that buying local is simpler but I am in the Bay Area and the prices + rent-to-buy ratios are just unbelievable here.Thanks in advance for any suggestions or referrals!