In my case I began a “serious” real estate education and experience in 1979 ; by mid 1981 I was able to successfully conclude what for me, at the time, was my first “major” purchase.

However, I think some upcoming life changes may be the right opportunity for me to dip my toes in the water in real estate investing.I live in Pflugerville, TX (25 minutes from downtown Austin) and will soon be moving to Portland, OR, for my dream job.

An other advantage of paying with credit card may be that you will not have to send the provider a 1098 tax form (only an issue if the total yearly amount is over $800). 

That is why the wealthy HAVE to invest in real estate in shape or form.

once Ive run out of blog topics, can I just rephrase old topics, also I literally just rephrase other people's blogs because I can't make my own, I just copy and paste into a website and it rephrases it for me and I copy that and add a picture and that's all I'm doing for my blogging, is it enough?

Neither are cheap but I feel they both are probably are going to be the best solution for me.

Not likely), vacancy (@ 8% for me), and a possible PM (10% normally).I recommend you reach out to a local seasoned investor and have them run your #s with you, as the #s depend on how you manage it (how hands on you are) and also local pricing.

@Kyle Kulhanek To retitle your Chicago condo into an LLC for liability protection, start by forming the LLC with a clear operating agreement outlining ownership and responsibilities.

Please keep those posts in the Classifieds forum.Need a spreadsheet or form?

I have long form articles on both this Fair Housing law with section 8 and the scam tenants with fake info on our website.