I’ve always been attracted to the idea and excitement of building a real estate portfolio so that I may retire earlier and enjoy the simpler things in life.

However, one must set some goals for the future and work for it so that you won’t look back on life and say, “shoulda, coulda, woulda.”Thanks all, and I love all your posts!

CAP is the yearly return on a cash purchase, interest is factored over the life of the loan.

What I do like those is the Carolinas specifically Charleston  I found that city about 5 years ago and it was coming out of the 08 melt down.. but I was keen on Boeing and being around aviation all my life I thought the Dreamliner was going to be a huge hit and when they moved it all to Charleston.. and Boeing bought 1000 acres around the airport..

I’d say 15-25 percent is a good amount to avoid overleverage  I don't get how you get more return with 20% down compared to more down with all of the interest payments you pay over the life of the mortgage.

Socially speaking college is probably going to be one of the best times of your life.

The loans are assumable so even if you intend to sell the buyer could assume, much easier to modify the Agency loan versus a CMBS loan.The other players (outside of commercial banks) are life insurance companies.

I am also a CPA - I realized there had to be more to life(vacations, seeing family, long lunches) than the mundane busy season that rolls in year in year out.

The company transitioned to building barns and some remodeling, but life took me away from the company.

I have a Master's degree in Sports Management so there is a little MBA action in there, but school and real life are absolutely NOT the same thing.