Last week a pre-forclosure notice was filed and my mailbox starred getting flooded.

Robbie Reynolds I heard a wise person say once “if your goals don’t scare you, you need bigger goals” so shoot for the stars and hold yourself accountable.Best of luck to you!

If someone starts a answer to my verbal question with “See here is the thing”  I basically prepare for a story where they are the absolute star and it’s the other persons fault they got in whatever predicament. 

@Wesley W.Fincen has nothing to do with trying to pierce a LLC.The intent of the law is to avoid money laundering and financial crimes.

After starring at Zillow for days now, several $120K properties are looking appealing to just start the research.

After starring at Zillow for days now, several $120K properties are looking appealing to just start the research.

@Kelby Schimming fitting into the triangles and star shaped boxes that lenders want is the femur bone that supports investors.

As any real Star Trek fan would know, the Ferengi 1st rule of acquisition states "Once you have their money, NEVER give it back!"

Downsides would be you would lose STAR exemption (NY reduction in property taxes for primary residence) and the above mentioned exemption for financial aid.

But that's the exception, not the rule, and there are always ways to make deals sound sweeter than they actually are when you tell your money stories to listeners with stars in their eyes and money in their fists.So yeah, on any given day of the week I would certainly take $60K to the corner convenience store and buy the big scratch-off lottery tickets, rather than bring that money to REI and with a clear head try to go after anything that I would call a sane way to triple it within a year.And I will speak out against a corrosive, debilitating get-rich-quick mindset in real estate investing where I see it being promoted, a mindset that breaks so many people who could other be put on any number of quite reasonable long-term paths to amassing real and lasting wealth.