For others, however, it's a fantastic way generate investment income without having to devote your whole life to RE. 

Upon return form this deployment I will be debt free and have significant capital to dive head first in my first investment. my goal during this final year on contract will be to establish as much of a real estate investing foundation as I can in order to enable full time attention once I separate from the Marine Corps.I would like to gage your opinions on how best to dive into this world of real estate investing upon my return from deployment.I'll have anywhere from 30-40k in capital devoted to starting this endeavor.

I am a personal trainer with quite a bit of time on my hands, so I will be able to devote my time to it.

Investors also wonder what percentage in their portfolio should be devoted to real estate.

Devote every spare moment to digesting webinars past and present on youtube and vimeo.7.

Eventually, we would want to learn the business hands on locally when we can devote more time and money to it.Obviously we are very much beginners and are still in the early stages of research.

You need to find something that interests you enough to devote the time and energy to make it great.That's a very cliche answer, but there's people that have made fortunes in buying parking lots.

It really depends on your goals and how much time you have to devote to the business.

Usually when I find a property that meets those constraints, it is usually something that's built a long time ago -- 1925-60s, and I don't think I'll have the time to devote to repairs and such.

Usually when I find a property that meets those constraints, it is usually something that's built a long time ago -- 1925-60s, and I don't think I'll have the time to devote to repairs and such.