I have been interested in real estate going on five years now, every since i read the classic Rich Dad Poor Dad.  

I read much more than I post but appreciate your willingness to share your experience and share your numbers.I thought your post documenting tax free capital gains on principal residences was a classic... of what I shoulda done.Thanks for taking the time to contribute!

This, combined with classic books like "Landlording on Autopilot" by Mike Butler were helpful to me. 

the ifunding deal in Milwaukee is a classic example of a company not having any idea of what they were doing or underwriting.  

Things they did that I didn't like: 1) establish a rule of no networking until the end of the last day (this rules makes no sense, so my guess was that it was either an attempt to avoid naysayers persuading others on the fence of the advanced training not to do it; or an attempt to avoid forming partnerships to split the advanced training fees. 2) ask questions to which you can only answer yes (this is a classic sales technique).

My best friend/business partner and I started a business two years ago buying and selling classic musclecars.

I want to be a classical pianist, but this isn't going to happen because I'm not good enough.

This is a classical overbuilding boom cycle where everybody tries to take advantage of the situation and grow corn or beans and build plants.

Classic MikeOH.......right to the point, no punches pulled.

She always drove a nice newer BMW or Classic Range Rover.