When I lived in dfw I considered it but nowadays no thanks.

Nowadays, Hard Money Loans are typically associated with short term deals; primarily the kind of loans made for flips.

-Hotel Brokers - Hotel brokers are generally not under the big name brokers, there are a handful of specialty brokerage firms that just handle hotels, motels, casinos.  

Nowadays it is more like around 15 or so a year, because we have to pick the ones really low and in stable areas in order to flip them quickly.Do your homework and it will pay back fast.

The property that I am buying is about 4miles from the city and about 2 miles away from the lake and a mile from the casino so its in a decent location!

Just seems strange people hate people who ask for money for knowledge (gurus) but that’s happening with even some of the most benevolent names in the field, even bigger pockets big names.Just not sure if this becomes a “just fall in and you’ll learn” type of thing or if I’m missing some good starting point for someone at my level who knows quite a bit but just doesn’t seem to be putting all the pieces of the puzzle together yet.Hi Stace.Here is advice based on 20 years of very active real estate investing + quite a few years as an investment (nowadays, 90% STR's) specialized real estate agent in the Sedona/Northern AZ area:Buying properties for yourself or in syndication (which is very different from investing in a real estate investment fund):1) Interview several real estate agents in hot investment areas (whatever type of investment you are interested in- you're the boss.

Nowadays, water run about $100/month per apartment, and even here, for $50K it's not worth it, particularly if I have no problems to begin with.On the other hand, for a side by side duplex, the cost of re doing the plumbing may be minimal.I looked into separating gas charges for a co-worker, who rents an apartment, and the landlord splits the monthly $30.00 cooking gas bill with him.

Everyone goes to college nowadays, so shouldn’t the dropout stand out?

In Bethlehem, where I live, we had a casino built in recent years (Sands), there are universities close by (Lehigh, Lafayette, Muhlenburg), good hospitals, and job growth as well. 

@Lance BolenCongrats on skipping the college route, totally a waste of time and money nowadays....