Frustrating!

People are frustrated with stocks because they don't have much control, the same thing can be said for real estate too, you can't control the market ...but people can buy distressed properties with equity on the day of closing.You can't buy a stock at $10 if it's trading at $15 on the market currently.

My goal is to get to $25K/month cashflow so I can afford to donate cash and my time (as a marketer) to charities.

You need to be able to afford it, the coach needs to understand what you are looking for and be able to provide it, and you need to be willing and able to apply what you are taught.

You can afford to do 1 deal and sit on it for 5-10 years and you'll be just fine.

The 3 properties of the new note had the value (bank appraisals) and were bought at a price to afford the payoff of the old loan.

Otherwise, you're competing directly with the investors who have access to the MLS, and they can afford to pay more than you can.

They ran for 12 years & still worked fine when we sold it.Meanwhile we have been through a lot of high end stuff in our homes & the poor quality is frustrating.

I thought college towns would be good since students need affordable housing, however I want to ask your experience with college towns.My concern: property will be in the summer, since most kids would want to go home and not pay for the months they are absent.Thanks!

Just make sure you can afford to close if you don't get the financing, and you bake in enough time to close (with whatever lender you are using).