AND do a small deal FIRST...then when the honeymoon period is over, and you still can look at each other, do a second deal. 

The honey moon was short lived.

They seem to forget it takes 10 years and on top of that some of them don't invest or acquire assets, like tangible assets including but not limited to property, stocks, bonds, CD's, mutual funds, or classic cars.They want to buy a home but they can't give up the honeymoon to Hawaii and new SUV in the driveway.

@Andrea ColeMy daughter, married in January, was on her way to her fully pre-paid European Honeymoon yesterday.

Honeymoon capital of the South Guests want PRIVACY!!!.

We had them stay at another cabin for the one night and they went back up to finish their 2 week honeymoon.

And, I was able to bulk both of them in the same loan.I'm still in the honeymoon phase and only one minor maintenance request. 

Lucia for our honeymoon via Delta), for a cost of $250 or so (I pay off my balances).

33K in student loans, about 11k on plastic (wedding/honeymoon/school), plus houseMy experience in real estate is limited to spending time with my grandfather growing up.He had several rental houses and would always be working on them.As I grew up and paid more attention to the business side of his work I realized that he was working just to stay busy and not working to create more income.His end goal was always to create more income but he was always distracted by the job of remodeling and updating.He has been my mentor and main father figure for years but now it is time I “upgrade” to someone capable of guiding me in the direction I want to go.I will always love my grandfather but his business sense is not one I need to follow.My goals in real estate are to create a “four hour work week” (gotta love the Tim Ferriss way of life) by a combination of buy and hold and flips.I hope to use this method to create a stable business and then move into apartment complexes.After lurking on this site I have learned about the different rules needed to ensure profit out of each.In my farm area there are many MLS deals that fall into these numbers.Now it is just about raising funds.I would love to find some Sub2 deals.Famous FourFavorite real estate book Never read one.Bigger Pockets Favorite business book Poke the Box by Seth Godin, 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, and No More Mondays by Dan Miller Hobbies include working on cars and spending time with friends and family.These are very important to me and I do not get enough time with my desk job with either.What is thing that sets apart successful investors from those that fail Getting back up on the horse after failing and not letting friends and family tell you that being an investor is a stupid idea.

My friend is honeymooning there this summer and it looks like a great place.