My goal was simple, to embark on my own journey, creating something from nothing, creating a message from the mess.I was an inpatient in the ICU/rehab center for 4 months.

@Shawn Legree I’m putting together some cash myself to embark on the same journey.

Good morning all! My husband, Ryan, and I are new to BiggerPockets Pro and real estate investing. We live out in Los Angeles (Burbank), and are starting to look at potential properties (both here and in MUCH cheaper a...

You need to have positive cash flow in your personal finances before embarking on your REI.

Good luck to you as you embark on this new endeavor and don't hesitate to jump in and use all the tools that we offer here to help you find success.

If you are going to embark in this real estate investment journey, you will encounter this situation many many times again down the road.Investing in Real Estate requires that you use other people's money and those people will always request from you that you show financial discipline.If I were you, I would find an additional income source (second, third job), reduce monthly expenses to the bare minimum, ... etc.A few months down the road, you will be in much better shape.

Now, I am in the process of refinancing, placing it into an LLC and embarking on a new phase of my education.

I'm about to embark on tax sales, and find this thread very helpful.

Be sure to let us know how we can help you out as you embark on your new journey!

You can use the realtors and property managers that you've contacted to verify the properties that pass your prescreen before you actually make offers.I wish that someone gave me the above before I embarked, because it would have saved me 3 months of trial and error.