33K in student loans, about 11k on plastic (wedding/honeymoon/school), plus houseMy experience in real estate is limited to spending time with my grandfather growing up.He had several rental houses and would always be working on them.As I grew up and paid more attention to the business side of his work I realized that he was working just to stay busy and not working to create more income.His end goal was always to create more income but he was always distracted by the job of remodeling and updating.He has been my mentor and main father figure for years but now it is time I “upgrade” to someone capable of guiding me in the direction I want to go.I will always love my grandfather but his business sense is not one I need to follow.My goals in real estate are to create a “four hour work week” (gotta love the Tim Ferriss way of life) by a combination of buy and hold and flips.I hope to use this method to create a stable business and then move into apartment complexes.After lurking on this site I have learned about the different rules needed to ensure profit out of each.In my farm area there are many MLS deals that fall into these numbers.Now it is just about raising funds.I would love to find some Sub2 deals.Famous FourFavorite real estate book Never read one.Bigger Pockets Favorite business book Poke the Box by Seth Godin, 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, and No More Mondays by Dan Miller Hobbies include working on cars and spending time with friends and family.These are very important to me and I do not get enough time with my desk job with either.What is thing that sets apart successful investors from those that fail Getting back up on the horse after failing and not letting friends and family tell you that being an investor is a stupid idea.

I was kicking myself because I took a Saturday off to be in my friend's wedding!

My parents gave us the down payment as a wedding present.

I am moving in with my fiance following our wedding.

So i have a nice little portfolio going at the moment.My daily life consists of being a professional photographer (Weddings, Portraits and Artistic are in my portfolio but 360º virtual Real Estate is actually my big niche where I live) but I am always eager to expand on my little Central Florida experiment.Having gotten bitten by the bug my goals are to pay down/off my rental mortgages that I currently have as well as expand the number of units I own.

I have a wedding coming up in August and my fiance says no more rentals until after that as she needs help with wedding planning, but we'll see if I find a good deal :)

I'm a member of the local Mid-Hudson Valley REIA and just got an email from the leader that the Wed/Sat events with Robyn Thompson has not been sold out.

@William RobisonWish that I could, but I'm flying back from a wedding that day.

The SouthSide group is having a meeting this Wed, 2/4/15 at 6:30 pm at the Piccadilly in College Park off of Old Nat'l Hwy/Godby Rd. 

It took me a few years to get here with my wife from Viet Nam and they looked up our buttox with a microscope to make sure there was no wedding fraud.