Born and raised in Agriculture, will be focused on that industry throughout my life.

I live with MS and financial freedom is not a desire but a necessity in my life for this reason.

If you get them in the phone, learn what going with them in their personal life.

I posed two questions awhile ago I asked is there life after modification for investors, I had one faithful BP mod respond, second I asked this question 7 years ago of Henry Savage a columnist with the Washington Times Home Guide.

You may wanna consider starting a "Member Blog" about your remodeling process - http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs - as I think case studies and real life stories are so great for learning from.

Some good free books on Amazon are "Real-Estate made easy" by Brian Haskins "The Ultimate Real Estate Investing Blueprint" by Sean Terry "No Bs Real-Estate Investing" By Preston Ely and "Flipping Houses Exposed: 34 Weeks In The Life Of A Successful House Flipper" by Danny Johnson.

I remember a widow that was our 4th deal telling me when the deal was over she couldn't believe it when I showed up at her door but I was offering her a solution and then she told me she had two other properties to sell so she could get on with her life and asked us to help her on those.

And maybe there will be a itty bitty bit of networking value to tip the scales.Guru-rater John Reed has him on his crap list, fwiw, so probably a low-life upseller :)

Since then I've continued my education via podcasts, books, perusing various RE blogs, asking questions anyone involved in the business.Origin: Originally from the Bronx --> San Bernardino, San Jose, & Monterey California --> Atlanta --> Newport News, Virginia --> Iowa Falls, IAWhat do I do :: I am a pastorRE Goals :: Duplicate my income in order to provide financial stability and security for my family.BiggerPockets :: During my research & studying I cam across the site.

Later I want to learn other types of real estate investments and grow to have a better life for my daughters and myself.