Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

I'm great at reading people - that comes with playing millions of poker hands in my life - if my gut tells me things do not sound right then I pull away.But a scammer has to expose himself/herself because they don't wanna hang around forever.

So most agents are only putting about half of that $12k in their pocket, and out of that $6k they have to cover all of their operating expenses: licensing fees, MLS/ Realtor Association fees, continuing education classes to stay compliant with licensing requirements, monthly "desk" fees/ technology fees to their brokerage, health insurance for themselves and their family, errors and omissions insurance (required), marketing, car, car insurance, gas, clothes, computer/ software, cell phone, closing gifts, signs, photography, staging if they offer that, etc.

According to Tom Cruz hereafter referred to as DB, I wasted 31 years of my life training to become an ortho surgeon but the DB doesn't understand some people enjoy their jobs and are passionate about helping other people. 

- At a high level often people set goals that don’t align with their overall life goals.

Here is another post on this subject from BP:Learn to Live Life on Your Terms through Real Estate Investing on BiggerPocketsPlease note I have not taken this course or have info on it, just posting what I found on a quick search of this site.

I had moved away from flipping for several years, but my life circumstances have changed and, fortunately, real estate provides endless opportunities to pivot when needed.

Cashflow may not be immediate but if you run your #s, you'll be able to see how long it'll take to cashflow and what kind of equity you can expect to build within your first few years of house-hacking.I began househacking in 2010 while working an NYC job (Health + Hospitals Corp., formerly HHC) earning a base salary and overtime pay that are nearly identical to what you posted here.

Ok, now, conversely with real estate, that is simply not possible. '08' was the biggest hit to real estate in our life times, of EVERYONE alive at the time of it, right.

How many hard assets are there out in life?