I truly believe that once I get started, the sky's the limit!

I did join TREIA and planning to join one of their 'New Investor' session coming up on Apr 13th.

(To move forward past the pre-approval stage to get the loan, I would need them under contract).In turn, they offered me a pre-approval letter without me even asking.

Hello all,I live in Texas. I recently had a call back from some letters that my wife and I sent to some pre-foreclosures. The auction is on February 2nd. We planned a meeting with the seller tomorrow. Here's the catch...

Imagine you'd been planning for months for a great ski vacation to Park City (that sounds great to me right now) and a month before you arrive, you find out that the people you've been dealing with, who have all the money, are no longer the managers -- and its high season so even if you get a 100% refund, you probably can't find a place.  

Also I have helped clients buy and sell in areas I did not feel I had the expertise to do business in, but they wanted to use me anyways due to a pre-existing business relationship and because I was honest enough to tell them I was hesitant to work in that area.  

Just in time to celebrate Apr 15th Tax day!

Or, i would get a credit card that has 0% APR for the first year and transfer my existing debt to it. then i would do my best to pay off the credit card debt as fast as possible. 

I wanted to know if I can fund this venture with hard money loans ($25000, 4yr @ 8% APR)  or are banks my only option at this point.

@Zachary Smith hiking and skiing, yes, investing, not yet though I wouldn't be opposed to investing there if there was an amazing deal.