I live in Westchester County which was poor and richYou need to look at your expenses and write them out on a yellow pad what you're spending every monthJust put them in columns such as name, amount, interest-rate, etcLook seriously at the job and what your future is for advancementGo down to a good training company like Keller Williams KW  in New York and talk to the broker and show that you're very sincere about learning real estate and you want to study the new agents books and They might even give them to you for freeTry to tell everybody that you want to be really good at real estate and that you don't be working your rear end offTry to limit your TV intakeThink about tending bar or some other one or two nights a week extra job and put it in a jarI don't know what you're netting for income every month but 450 a month for a vehicle...wowCut expenses, make more moneyGood luck

DETROIT FREE PRESSLocal housing market blooms for buyers and sellersThe practice of flipping has been popularized by a variety of reality TV shows.RealyTrac compiles data from a variety of sources, including records from tax assessors, mortgage deeds, foreclosures and auctions.The average flip was up from $65,290 in the previous quarter, and up from $61,684 in the first quarter of 2014.More than half of the homes flipped sold for between $100,000 and $300,000.In a ranking by percent return, an average of gross profit of the home price, metro Detroit was fifth with 58.3%, it followed Baltimore, with 94.1%; Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla., with 74.7%; Ocala, Fla., with 73.9% and Lakeland, Fla., with 62.5%.Other markets in the top 20 included Tampa, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Washington, and Boston."

Real Estate is not a get rich quick thing as portrayed on TV, unless you get lucky, you build up that wealth as you expand. you can make decent money on flips but you can also lose money on flips if they are not figured right.

I know of people who have leased a 2017 work truck fully loaded and are doing 100% claiming with it, and ALSO leasing a claiming a 2017 Mercedes, but they put that one as a leisure vehicle to not draw any red flags.

Jon, I would like to invite you personally to visit our country, you would be surprised how different it is from what you see and read in papers and TV!

TV software, servicing companies, First Nat Acceptance, Marc Gold has a new service that will handle all aspects including tax monitoring, title curative, foreclosure etc.  

Budget and Highend with plasma tv's, wine collers you name it.

There are times I easily put in 60 hrs a week and then there are times it is more like 10 hrs a week.Haven't heard of to many real investors that get to sit by the phone and watch TV all day and can say they make a living at real estate.

So I'm embarrassed to say this, but this morning I turned on the tv to watch sportscenter and abc was on.

We have several professional sports teams you can watch on TV, a metro area population over 1 million, and after all we are the state capitol with a lot of political power and control in running things for the state.If you're from the Bay, you can come visit the downtown / midtown area of Sacramento and almost feel right at home.