Once we realized that the grass is not greener on the other side, the damage has been done.

I didn't realize until a few years ago how much I was causing that to happen, but honestly it has worked out.

Although I'm pretty heavy into technology, REI has always been a goal since being an undergraduate student and realizing how much cash flow my landlord was receiving from us college students.

Then you're into the grind, the daily reality, the realization that you're going to have more things go wrong than go right.

I just had read all the real estate books from Rich Dad series from Robert Kiyosaki and I realized that I love real estate investment.

After some soul searching and realizing what my strengths were and the things that truly made me happy only one thing stuck out to me.

I realize I am just moving money around, and this won't help my cash problem, but my plan is to buy a new primary residence and rent out my current primary home in the next step.

Dopey woman did not realize that a power of attorney is held by the guy whose name is at the top, not the lawyer and certainly not the title company.

Although I have no problem working with first time home buyers and I still do to this very day, I realized the true riches in real estate were found in investing.

And the LA based investor by and large knew it as well they were getting quality homes with quality rehabs ( as the lender I made sure of it.) what none of us really realized was how fast things could go south..