Experience is the best teacher, but if I can avoid wasting time by asking questions, I'm all for it!

You *MUST* invest for income.Really, it's a "qualification" process.Not everyone who has been successful in REI is well suited to be a mentor / teacher / etc.Not everyone who seeks to be successful in REI has the mindset, business / financial savvy or motivation to achieve the success they seek.

thank you BenThank you JohnRegarding self-employment over a w-2 jobWhen I was just out of the Marine Corps and I had this job at Johnson Controls engineering firm because I was a science major, had a lot of calculus physics and chemistryMy job was to sell to developers and builders That wanted air and water  control devices and I was on straight commission basicallyI had like $20,000 in commissions that they  didn't pay me for I got really upset and at 25 yrs of age I didn't have very much EQ, and my emotions got the best me I basically even went to a lawyer and asked  how can I get my 20,000 in commissions here's the proof they owe me the moneyMy lawyer says it's gonna cost you 10,000 in legal fees to sue them at a minimum he's going to need that upfront as a retainerAnd then there was no guarantees I would get the 20 kThat's why I made the commitment at 25 never ever ever be a W-2 employee and I work as a 1099 alwaysThen I found a real estate 60-year-old mentor who taught me everything from distressed property to foreclosures to divorce to bankruptcy to probateI work for five hundred a week for 2 and a half years and then opened up my own business and did approximately 28 seller interviews a weekMy closing ratio in the beginning wasn't very good because I sucked at itBut with the good coaching from my teacher I got better and better and betterI quit after 2 1/2 years and started my own company on a shoestring it wasn't easyBut I made over hundred thousand dollars my first year if it wasn't for the teacher I would not know how to run a business and I would not know how to hire people and I would not know how to market and I would not know how to negotiateAnd you never stop learning because I made a Ton of money I was 29 and I made over 1 million and a quarter I rolled it back into the company which was a mistakeBut live and learn!

I actually am a teacher myself and my former favorite principal is one the superintendents in Marysville SD.

The teachers will also let you know what topics you really need to know for the test.

He is going to school on line to become a teacher.

@Jaclyn Pinnell Experience is the best teacher in my opinion, I researched myself to death and still felt I was in over my head. 

I'm a high school math teacher not much older than you.

She works very hard as a teacher and even part time in the evenings at a restaurant.  

Even though I am currently not in the position to afford this house, I had other reasons for attending: 1) This property is in my backyard 2) I wanted to meet EaglesAs a teacher I often tell students who are struggling about The Eagle and the Chickens story.There’s an old, well-known story of a chicken farmer who found an eagle’s egg.